New Words (newword) group
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!wotd !newword "neckbeard": self-important nerdy man who mistakes tolerance of his blather for evidence …
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!newword "refudiate": refute + repudiate - "In defense of Sarah Palin's English": http://ur1.ca/0tqwb
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!newword "refudiate": refute + repudiate - "In defense of Sarah Palin's English": http://edition.cnn.com…
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Thursday, 15-Jul-10 18:44:36 UTC from mustard at Green Valley Mobile Estates, California, United States
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@stav Often paired with mullet: http://ur1.ca/0otmr
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@frankenspock ... and apparently an !iPhone in the back pocket hahaha
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@stav Suspect that's a pack of Marlboro Light 100s.
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!newword "google-benching": to use online search results as an indicator of prevalence. - Julian Baggini…
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!Apple !iPhone App Store craziness: Banning the word !Android http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=5974 How do you spell paranoid?
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@stav parandroid?
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@macno That describes !apple perfectly: #parandroid !newword !neologism
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Just realised that after my first year here I intended to pick my top 5 favourites from all the notices I'd faved. Seems too hard, now.
Wednesday, 03-Feb-10 01:48:33 UTC from web -
"head-nodder": noun; a supporter who stands beside a public figure in a TV shot, nodding in agreement - Macquarie Dictionary !newword
Thursday, 14-Jan-10 13:41:11 UTC from web- Sherry Chandler and Beverley like this.
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@120new: So someone can have a yes man and a head nodder? I see a new job for a political appointee..
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@gamerchick02 I'd like them to have a chorus in the background, too. Singing, preferably, but for serious topics, maybe just swaying ;)
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@120new: :) Ah, politics as a performance art.
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"roar factor": noun; the influence that a home crowd has on a referee or umpire in making adjudications - Macquarie Dictionary !newword
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Started an !identica !etiquette article http://status.net/wiki/Identiquette <- #RFC please :) !groupadmins !linux !statusnet !omb
- Andy C, X11R5 and Bela Hausmann and 8 others like this.
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… so maybe http://status.net/wiki/Identiquette should steer people to names that are not controversial ;)
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http://identi.ca/group/gnulinux created on the same day as http://identi.ca/group/linux both claiming to represent GNU/Linux … sigh
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@grahamperrin more than controversial, it's meanless.what's linux? an OS?a kernel? a community? a distro? BTW every1 knows the name thing ;)
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"Unfriend" word of the year: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/17/2744734.htm "lex-appeal" is a new one for me, too. !newword
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@misstech "Movtivation"! Get *movtivated*: motivation that's already moving! !newword http://identi.ca/notice/13364300
Saturday, 31-Oct-09 03:33:03 UTC from web-
@misstech ah, yes. Thanks for pointing out my idiocy. @jrobertson, I will read your blog if you publish it and let me know where it is :-)
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@misstech +1
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a blog is like an outlet for thoughts however so is a wiki, and freemind (google it). A blog would be therapeutic though.
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I assumed someone here (not 1 of my subs) was female; now find she's prob'ly male. Wondering why I assumed wrong & what difference it makes.
Monday, 26-Oct-09 22:54:25 UTC from web-
@stav Little kids are the best. And not only what they say, but their voices too. Little kids singing - the sweetest thing in the universe.
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@120new I have debated hard w myself, its not tempting to strip down & show it "all", but I hope it might, in some obscure way, be helpful.
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@hz It might be like some sort of scary travel report - unknown territory, navigating by guesswork, & the food's awful. (Plus a great frog.)
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My buddy Pat is on Iron Chef America tonight. Check it out. Apparently he does something super awesome.
Monday, 26-Oct-09 02:13:50 UTC from xmpp-
@nate Lots of work for a Sunday. Glad to get it all wrapped up though.
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@nate You have invented a !newword #amuzing: adj. a portmanteau meaning "both amazing and amusing" You get my !neologism award for today :-)
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@nate BTW, I may put that 55-CD collection on my Christmas wish list http://ur1.ca/ehwc
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"Celebutaunt": to mock celebrities' misfortunes and gaffes. From wordbirds: wordbirds.tumblr.com/post/213837062/celebutaunt !newword !wotd
Sunday, 18-Oct-09 02:29:23 UTC from web -
Phrase of the day: "to blip you off": to annoy someone by posting far too many messages on Google Wave. !wotd !newword Thanks to a friend.
Saturday, 17-Oct-09 02:18:36 UTC from web -
!newword for http://m-w.com The word of the day for 14-October is #wiki
Thursday, 15-Oct-09 04:26:26 UTC from web