OK, I give up: what the hell does "POXY FULE" mean?

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I went through all the old threads. I still don't get it.

― Mt. Kaiser, Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:27 (twenty years ago)

poxy fool

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

poxy fool

― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

It comes from Jimi Hendrix.

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:30 (twenty years ago)

x-post

But isn't "poxy" medieval or something? It sounds like such a Dungeons & Dragons things, whether it is or not.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:30 (twenty years ago)

http://www.umgass.org/images/slides/yeomen1996/fool.jpg

― Old School (sexyDancer), Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:31 (twenty years ago)

2 entries found for poxy.
Main Entry: poxy1
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: worthless and contemptible; very distasteful
Etymology: from chickenpox, smallpox
Usage: UK slang; poxier, poxiest adj

Main Entry: poxy2
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: infected with a pox
Etymology: from chickenpox, smallpox

― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)

fig 1
http://www.fecesflingingmonkey.com/1202/pox-1.jpg

― Old School (sexyDancer), Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:34 (twenty years ago)

UK slang is arse.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:37 (twenty years ago)

There's also a 'curse' connotation to "pox."

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

it means ILX is broken chiz chiz becos molesworth 2 has played fairy bells on it. he is wet and a weed and i will utterly tuough him up.

― grabber fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:56 (twenty years ago)

TURN BACK YOU POXY FULE!

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:57 (twenty years ago)

Mt. Kaiser Are you resenting being called a poxy fule? Don't take it personally. There are so many slang terms unique to this board and it takes a while to "get it" and a lot of things are g00gle-pr00fed in my short experience with ILX. So of course when you see something like that you think that its another quirky thing that is insider info only, like EXCELSIOR.

Poxy Fule thing is not an insider thing at all. It's IT speak for an error message, and seems to be a result of large amount of users posting at once jamming the server and you can't get in. It happens about the same time every day or so when all the various users across the planet are all awake and online at the same time. Doesn't ever seem to last too long, it all quiets down in about half-hours time.

― Wiggy (Wiggy), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:13 (twenty years ago)

isn't it some stupid comic thing?

― dahlin (dahlin), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:14 (twenty years ago)

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=poxy

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fule

― pappawheelie II, Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:22 (twenty years ago)

gee, i was expecting a bunch of snarky comments, but i'm impressed. my question appears to have been answered. very nice.

(no, I'm not offended by it-- i've seen it hundreds of times over the past few years, and assumed it was an inside joke, but i read up on it on some other threads, and still didn't get it)

― Mt. Kaiser, Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

We're not ALL vermin, y'know.

― Alex in Mississippi (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:43 (twenty years ago)

god, do we not have 7000+ threads that answer this?

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:44 (twenty years ago)

ALL the old threads! I pity you.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 25 August 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)

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