The forum discussion centers around the creation and use of nonsense words, with participants sharing their favorite terms and their meanings. Notable examples include "gabblerdictum" for a chatterbox, "doomaflinky" for people or things, and "hornswaggle," which means to cheat or con someone. The conversation also touches on the playful nature of language, with references to Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky" and the humorous use of corporate jargon. Overall, the discussion highlights the creativity and humor found in inventing and using nonsensical language.
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matthyaouw said:
That must be some ignorant country version of 'okee-dokee', a fine word which sounds as good backwards ('eeko-deeko') as it does forward.countryboy said:
yomamma said:
IvanIvan Seeking said:
please...countryboy said:
Someone's going to have to ask Greg or Chroot about that one. Some programmer must have been a fan of Lewis Carroll.yomamma said:
But, is that a nonsense word? I mean, both of us use it to mean the same thing and we never knew each other before we started using it, and we live on opposite ends of the country, and move in different circles, so surely it's a word in common usage for us both to know it, right?Ivan Seeking said:
For awhile, my favorite curse word was "Pisarcik". It just sounded good. It also left just about everyone stumped about what that meant - even most of the guys. You had to be a pretty avid NFL fan to know Joe Pisarcik spent his entire career backing up some pretty mediocre quarterbacks.Gale17 said:
That makes you a JABERWOKYGale17 said:
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I cannot believe a mechanic would be dishonest.Danger said:My uncle, a mechanic, would occassionally twit a customer by referring to the ujocopivy of the perfilarious in his engine. (This, of course, was back in the 30's when engines still had such a thing.
wolram said:
wow zoob you really don't know what it is? you such a noob ppfft! unoffensive, where's the fun in thatGale17 said:
jeez, you're a n00bwolram said:
Not dishonest. He was very good. If someone really wanted to know what the trouble was, he'd tell them. Of course, it was always itemized properly on the bill. Most people just didn't know enough about cars to understand what he was talking about anyhow. There weren't an awful lot of them around here back then. At least half of the transportation was still horse-drawn. Even a lot of people who owned cars couldn't afford to drive them during the Depression. And there was no mechanics school at the time. He was self-taught, and in some cases didn't know the name of the thing himself. He sure knew if it wasn't working properly, though. It's about the same as if a computer tech said 'Ah, this here transflovian flux scrubber is fried. Just needs some new chips,' and proceeds to replace a faulty USB card. I see no harm in it if there's no fraud.wolram said:
wolram said:
I'm very curious as to why cronxeh is referring to Wolram as "zoob".cronxeh said:
It's just an informal way of insulting him.zoobyshoe said:
Not exactly, Danger. Noob is short for newbie, not "slang" for newbie.cronxeh said:
I think I see what you mean.Danger said:It's just an informal way of insulting him.
I'll defer to the expert on this.zoobyshoe said:
Zooby was once a newbie, absolutely.Math Is Hard said:newbie <> zoobie
Very different things. Though I guess you could be a newbie zooby..?
You're too kind!Gale17 said: