word of the day (wotd) group
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!wotd "Satisfiction": where you think you've finished a project, but really you haven't. - TheAmazingKim…
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!wotd !newword "neckbeard": self-important nerdy man who mistakes tolerance of his blather for evidence …
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!wotd "Confusion operator": I don't know what it means. It's probably working. Thanks to @bavatar! http://identi.ca/notice/45541153
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@bavatar It explains a lot. A confusion operator has probably been acting on the infinite space between my ears for a very long time now.
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@dee I know, I know, it's hard stuff - nothing wrong with not needing it! ;)
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@bavatar It's amazing people can talk about the entire universe at all, really, but bravo to you for being able to understand such things.
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Over-attentive parents have names: in the US they're helicopter parents (because they hover) and in Scan…
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!wotd "Hokey smokes!" An expression of astonishment. Used by my mum, and probably (I'm guessing) a Christian variation of "Holy smokes!"
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borborygmus: A rumbling noise produced by the movement of gas through the intestines. !wotd
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!wotd "for the triumph" FTW! Bravo, @alphakamp http://alphakamp.status.net/notice/83433
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@dee :)
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I've never seen the term "helicopter parents" until today. Today I've seen it probably a dozen times. My !wotd.
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Just in case maybe someone else already used it but I didn't google to find out. "#EgoMining !WordOfTheDay !WOTD
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!wotd "dot-com weaselry": see his tweet for context. Thanks to Clive Thompson: http://twitter.com/pomeranian99/statuses/10336697044
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!wotd "botheracious": annoying. Thanks to @lnxwalt http://identi.ca/notice/24431716
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wingnut: a person who appears insane due to his/her extreme political views !wotd
- Deirdre likes this.
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"laser": (acronym) light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym_and_initialism Via @exador23 !wotd
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@exador23 Retronym! I hadn't heard of that either! (I think it's the newer words which should have to differentiate themselves, though.)
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@120new Well that isn't MLA approved. http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/lsc/faq/eng/enggramla.htm
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@ragnarokangel Is that page talking about the title of a story, though? It might refer to the title of a book, which is different.
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real-enough-time: "publisher server uses PuSH to notify subscribers of new notices in real-enough-time" http://ur1.ca/mhnd !wotd
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@johnsedore Another Australian/New Zealand word, not used much now: a "goog" (same "oo" sound as "book" and "chook") is an egg. !wotd
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Oh! For the benefit of non-chook-owning nations: "chook" rhymes with "book". You can say "Chook! chook! chook!" & it sounds like a chicken.
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@johnsedore How are you and the entire Canadian nation getting along with the Olympics? Is it treating you okay so far?
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I woke up late and thought, "It's probably like 10am or something!" Looked at the time: 09:59. Hello, clock brain.
Sunday, 07-Feb-10 00:18:00 UTC from web-
@frankenspock I seriously have no comeback for "snerky". You're an unbeatable brainiac, dammit. Going outside for a walk in the rain now.
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@120new See now, "unbeatable brainiac" was actually snarky.
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@frankenspock will Texas Robot be capable of executing Death Sentences?
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Just remembered from childhood: my grandmother saying "Nobody likes a skiter". Wow. I haven't heard "skite" (to brag) in 500 years. !wotd
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From Macquarie Dictionary: "Aussie Word of the Week: This week's word is bastard." www.macquariedictionary.com.au Made me laugh. !wotd
- Sherry Chandler likes this.
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@120new Sums up !Australia in one word
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@pault4 Ha! Have you voted for Word of the Year 2009? www.macquariedictionary.com.au The only ones I've heard of are old. Bastards! :D
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Seems my sim card is borked.
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@katec Borked: screwed, knackered, bust... or, to be boring, broken
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@rpcutts #borked could be !wotd! First coined by the #Swedish_Chef
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