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I knew a girl called Kirsten Moist

Dialectical Dave (Dialectical Dave), Friday, 15 April 2005 19:48 (nineteen years ago) link

lol moist lol do you see

Dialectical Dave (Dialectical Dave), Friday, 15 April 2005 19:48 (nineteen years ago) link

heteroglossic

Dialectical Dave (Dialectical Dave), Friday, 15 April 2005 19:49 (nineteen years ago) link

stink

jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 15 April 2005 20:09 (nineteen years ago) link

deal-io, as in "yo, what's the deal-io?" (I used to say this myself)

Maria :D (Maria D.), Friday, 15 April 2005 20:22 (nineteen years ago) link

I thought it was funny when my local Dairy Queen put on its marquee "WHAT THE DILLY-YO." (This was maybe 1998?)

jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 15 April 2005 20:24 (nineteen years ago) link

dude. that was at K.

kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 15 April 2005 20:40 (nineteen years ago) link

i know. it was my local dairy queen at the time.

jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 15 April 2005 20:40 (nineteen years ago) link

three months pass...
"Owned" (in it's various guises and spellings) is really awful isn't it? I suppose it always infers a sexual element, but when actually used to describe a sex act, then it becomes almost intolerable with hateful power dynamics and an economic cynicism. < /fun>

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:34 (eighteen years ago) link

But what about "pwned"?

n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:40 (eighteen years ago) link

That's what I meant by "in it's various guises and spellings."

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:50 (eighteen years ago) link

its

jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:52 (eighteen years ago) link

There are no power dynamics or economic cynicism (whatever that means) in "pwn," because it doesn't mean anything. You can't even pronounce it.

n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Haha, I was with my brother one time, and I forget the context, but he said something like, "Oh yeah, he was totally ... uh ... owned." I was like, "were you about to try to pronounce P-W-N?" He said, "Heh, yeah."

jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:55 (eighteen years ago) link

I see Spencer's point, tho, w/r/t ownership -- equating humiliating someone or putting them in their place with possessing them.

jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:57 (eighteen years ago) link

THAT IS THE POINT

n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:57 (eighteen years ago) link

"Can we please use some less insulting insults?"

n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:58 (eighteen years ago) link

Actually, I never really thought about it literally until just now. I've always just used it as a synonym for "SCHOOLED!" or something.

jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:59 (eighteen years ago) link

I've always been bothered by it, but the tortoise sex face captioning finally made me do something about it!

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 8 August 2005 18:01 (eighteen years ago) link

what jaymc said, the way I conceive of it doesn't have much to do with sex at all (or only incidentally).

tremendoid (tremendoid), Monday, 8 August 2005 19:31 (eighteen years ago) link

Not literally, no, but what's often inferred is pretty obvious.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 8 August 2005 19:39 (eighteen years ago) link

i HATE these words and shudder when i hear them:

tabernacle
moist
salve


ai lien (kold_krush), Monday, 8 August 2005 20:46 (eighteen years ago) link

I hate 'maths' as much as the original poster hates 'math', but I like 'cheers' which is like so totally weird!

tremendoid (tremendoid), Monday, 8 August 2005 23:03 (eighteen years ago) link

mentalism

the reason is because I associate it with ILX, Tuesday, 9 August 2005 11:33 (eighteen years ago) link

I prefer 'Owned!' to 'Who's your daddy?' 'Who's my bitch?' and all those other shitty terms.

Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 11:37 (eighteen years ago) link

owned is so 2002.

ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 11:39 (eighteen years ago) link

ILx Memes: A List Thread

JimD (JimD), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 11:42 (eighteen years ago) link

'sonned' is annoying but i might start using it anyway

Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 11:49 (eighteen years ago) link

I've always just used it as a synonym for "SCHOOLED!" or something.

I like "schooled". Do people say that? Well they should.

accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 12:01 (eighteen years ago) link

also, people tend to say "i could care less" when they mean "i couldn't care less"

and i detest the word "irregardless".

yes

"Tragedy" or "tragic" to refer to anything other than a story that fits the classic theatrical tragedy formula.

"serious" when used to mean "large in magnitude"

I think Ronan, mentions it upthread, but "son" as an address at the end of a sentence and "sonned" make my SKIN CRAWL.

i like all of these. except when someone uses "son" without joking and without affection, but 90% of the time i hear it, it's ok. "sonned" is just funny.

"owned" is fine, although it is a bit tired now.

"schooled" is classic.

sleep (sleep), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 12:44 (eighteen years ago) link

"kudos"

sleep (sleep), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 12:45 (eighteen years ago) link

i don't understand spencer's problem with 'owned'. 'swnned' is funny, for me, now.

N_RQ, Tuesday, 9 August 2005 12:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Owned is bad but not as bad as pwned. I think pretty much any word is annoying if it is fetishized and overused. Yes, I hate your fun.

Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:04 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm sure I've ranted about it elsewhere on ILX, but I cannot stand the usage of the word "drops" to connote "is released" in terms of new albums. Perhaps my mind is firmly entrenched in the men's room, but it just sounds rather needlessly scatalogical to me. Stop it.

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:07 (eighteen years ago) link

it's pretty standard linguistic practice. at one point ilx was awash with 'omgwtflol's.

xpost

N_RQ, Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Yes, I know.

Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:08 (eighteen years ago) link

Alex OTM. Balls drop. Albums don't, unless you've got slippery fingers.
I'm still not sure if I'm happy with "OTM", TBH. Nor "TBH". I think all those sorts of acronyms make me wince slightly even though I use them.

beanz (beanz), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:20 (eighteen years ago) link

Annoying words? I like them all, fuck the h8rz.

Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:22 (eighteen years ago) link

i like words too.

N_RQ, Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:24 (eighteen years ago) link

"no".

g-kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:25 (eighteen years ago) link

fucking 'stylee'

boragonis, Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:27 (eighteen years ago) link

two years pass...

BETTERN'T IS NOT A WORD

Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 02:06 (sixteen years ago) link

I'm going to adopt that one now. Over the holidays, I came up with the phrase "might could oughta" as in "We might could oughta order the tapenade". I was drunk, but I still realized it was over the line.

kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 02:19 (sixteen years ago) link

Accidental misuse is cool, but when you get in the lift with some bogan who loudly proclaims 'I'd better get one then, bettern't I?' it takes considerable effort to not remove said bogan's spleen.

Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 02:21 (sixteen years ago) link

I hate the word "squat" when used in reference to illegal housing.

Also any word that ends in "-icky": picky, sticky, colicky, garlicky.

kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 02:26 (sixteen years ago) link

xpost: Oh, and the word "bogan"

kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 02:27 (sixteen years ago) link

harry potter and the bogan's spleen

El Tomboto, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 02:27 (sixteen years ago) link

xpost: Oh, and the word "bogan"

-- kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 13:27 (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Why?

Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 02:35 (sixteen years ago) link

Sike! I don't even know what that means.

kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 02:37 (sixteen years ago) link

Which country are you in? I can give you a localised equivalent

Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 02:40 (sixteen years ago) link


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