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Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 7:42 pm
by Sleet
They're several layers of lies built on top of a foundation of truth.

Except New Zealand's stereotype. I don't even get where that one came from.
Bolly wrote:Sorry, but your dad isn't doing anything to improve my impression of the average 'Murican.
Speaking as an American, that's not exactly average, even for us.

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 12:47 am
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
Sleet wrote:Except New Zealand's stereotype. I don't even get where that one came from.
what, they aren't all fruity birds?

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 8:35 am
by Bolly
Every time you needlessly press the "reply all" button, a kitten dies. Pressing it again to apologise for pressing it the first time only makes the kitten die painfully.

That is all.

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 9:40 am
by Mickey the Luxray
Bolly wrote:Sorry, but your dad isn't doing anything to improve my impression of the average 'Murican.
Ouch, right in the patriotism.

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 9:58 am
by Bolly
People took that comment seriously? I'd have thought that writing it as "'Murican" would give it away :P

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:31 am
by Seth
Well it's a rather loaded term and some people take that kind of stuff seriously.
We really do need a sarcasm/ dry humor font around here.

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:43 am
by Dissension
I believe that's when you use the color code #408000.

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:51 am
by Seth
Dissension wrote:I believe that's when you use the color code #408000.
The implications of this are delightfully existentialist diss. I never figured you for the type. :p

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 4:04 pm
by Liam
How many Murrikans do you need to change a- *bricked*

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 6:05 pm
by Sleet
RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:
Sleet wrote:Except New Zealand's stereotype. I don't even get where that one came from.
what, they aren't all fruity birds?
The one I'm talking about is pretty baaaaaaad.

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 7:49 pm
by Mickey the Luxray
We interrupt this program with breaking news!
Sarcasm! It exists! Everyone run for their lives!
We now return to your regularly scheduled insanity.

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 2:04 am
by ArcFlight
Liam wrote:How many Murrikans do you need to change a- *bricked*

Two. One to change the light bulb, one to brick you.

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 3:05 pm
by Liam
Have you ever wondered what words were coined in your year of birth?

Here's your chance to find out.

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:17 pm
by Sleet
Apparently I share a birth year with "emoticon."

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:20 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
I got "poptastic"

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:48 pm
by sonic id furreh!!!
ai got gastropub, go me :3

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:51 pm
by Sleet
I have never heard that word.

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:54 pm
by sonic id furreh!!!
me neither, it's apparently a restaurant that serves high-end beer and food

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 12:44 am
by The Grey Wolverine
Mine was:
scratchiti, n.
Meaning: Words or images engraved or etched (illegally) into surfaces in a public place. Cf. graffito n. Additions.
Great, illegal activity X3

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:36 am
by Dissension
The best hyphenated word ever, channel-surfing, was coined in the year of my birth!

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:17 am
by Punchy
cool beans

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 3:28 pm
by Mickey the Luxray
I was born in the year of bling. I do not own bling. Bling is tacky. Therefore the year of my birth is tacky.

Wait, what?

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:51 pm
by Prof
Liam wrote:Have you ever wondered what words were coined in your year of birth?

Here's your chance to find out.
I was born in the year of internet :shock:

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 7:17 pm
by Kateleo007
Mine's hacktivism. Why must it be something political?!

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 7:49 pm
by Kitela
Geeksville. 1993 is apparently the year that geeks decided to colonize.
Mickey the Luxray wrote:I was born in the year of bling. I do not own bling. Bling is tacky. Therefore the year of my birth is tacky.

Wait, what?
This is how the 90's ended.

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 8:44 pm
by Goforit
Interesting doohickey! My car was made the year air guitar became a word. My father's car (or what's left of the original car) was made the year mathlete became a word. How fitting... he's an engineer, and I play bass in a handful of bands (he also happens to be able to afford gas)...

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 6:27 am
by Punchy
RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:I got "poptastic"
A fantastic poptart
(I got the same word)

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:42 pm
by Liam
Mine's fire, whippersnappers. :]

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 10:42 pm
by ArcFlight
Geeksville. Where is this place? Maybe I can get them to solve the eternal mystery: Why is Windows slow now!?

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 11:34 pm
by Sleet
Russellville, Arkansas.

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2013 10:34 pm
by Hlaoroo
"nu skool"
I can't believe that's actually in the OED!
My life is now in ruins!
*runs off and cries*

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2013 5:59 pm
by Sleet
Wait why that and not "new school?" *explodes*

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2013 6:28 pm
by Hlaoroo
*headdesk* I have no idea and I refuse to accept it! When I find the editor that let that phrase in I'll [bleeps out extremely un-PG phrase]!

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2013 10:49 pm
by Seth
But slang is how languages grow! I think watching language grow and develop is awesome.

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2013 10:52 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
slang id how languages grow, yes, but the language should at least have the original phrase before it has the slang for it.

next dictionary: id means is

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 12:16 am
by Hlaoroo
It's one way it grows. Shakespeare used literally THOUSANDS of new words. Sure, he definitely used slang, some of it quite vulgar ( :oops: ) if you know the lingo, but he did come up with many new words too.
The grammarphiles among us cringe when we see deliberate bad spelling and grammar though, including when it's slang. :P

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 12:51 am
by Seth
I've always seen grammar as more of a guideline than anything else. *shrugs* But that's just one nerds opinion on the matter......

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 1:08 am
by Hlaoroo
I'm actually following a facebook page for bibliophiles and grammarphiles. It's just differences of opinion I suppose. ;)

In other news, anyone ever seen a swarm of bees go past? I did today and they were loud. It's a surprisingly creepy noise, thousands of insects humming in unison. *shudders*

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 1:13 pm
by Foxstar
I'm rather relaxed on grammer as long as it is understandable. I hate texting speak on fourms and other platforms where it's not suitable tho.

Re: Chat Thread 41: Mod Maker

Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 3:01 pm
by JeffCvt
As a writer and proofreader for a lot of stuff, grammar sucks. Most of my proofreading is requested by people who either aren't very experienced in writing, or who don't speak English as a first language. (It's even worse when it's both...)

When it comes to grammar, that's the major killer in stuff. I can still enjoy a rushed story full of plot holes if the grammar is alright, but I can't enjoy a well executed storyline if the grammar is sub-par.

And like Foxstar, I'm pretty relaxed when it comes to grammar. A lot of times in English, something eventually becomes an accepted way of writing because so many people were writing it like that before it was officially accepted that it just becomes normal.