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― 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

Ban freedom ducunt.

― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 09:06 (sixteen years ago) link

"legal eagle"

― S-, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 11:16 (sixteen years ago) link

"Israel"

Sorry. I just know I'm going to be annoyed in the next couple of minutes as soon as I hear the word on the news or something.

e.g. just now, Bush arrives in Israel (not annoyed yet), couple of images, talk of (haha) peace, but then, short quote by some woman: "our god given homeland! don't give it to the arab enemy!" (DIE! ALL OF YOU! BOTH SIDES! AAARRRGGGHHH!!!)

I have no idea why this happens, I don't know anyone involved on either side personally.

― StanM, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 12:27 (sixteen years ago) link

I'm going to Israel on the 13th. I'll send your regards, Stan.

― Mordechai Shinefield, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 12:29 (sixteen years ago) link

Natch

― Øystein, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 12:29 (sixteen years ago) link

Sorry. :-)

― StanM, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 12:30 (sixteen years ago) link

:-)

― Mordechai Shinefield, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 12:32 (sixteen years ago) link

It's nothing personal, I think both sides are right, but the whole situation is just so... Man. Humans. Religion. Politics. *shoulders* Pfff.

― StanM, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 12:37 (sixteen years ago) link

The word snarky

-- P.J.Harvey-Nicks (jimjones), Wednesday, September 24, 2003 5:55 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Link

I just think it sounds like a shark with adenoidal issues.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 13:10 (sixteen years ago) link

Or the weird cat/lizard pet thing from Thundercats.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 13:11 (sixteen years ago) link

I really hate the word 'lotion,' it disgusts me. I would not use it for years bcz of this. I have realized it is nice to not have horribly dry skin & overcame this but the word is still uncomfortable.

― Abbott, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 19:15 (sixteen years ago) link

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