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And the Oxford Dictionary word of the year is...

Started by Suu, November 18, 2009, 08:45:32 PM

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Suu

November 18, 2009, 08:45:32 PM
UNFRIEND.

http://blog.oup.com/2009/11/unfriend/

Because it's srs bzns when someone unfriends you.
Sovereign Episkopos-Princess Kaousuu; Esq., Battle Nun, Bene Gesserit.
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"Add a dab of lavender to milk, leave town with an orange, and pretend you're laughing at it."

Fuquad

#1
November 18, 2009, 09:04:14 PM
Yippie. I've been told recently that this is not a word.

Eat oxford, jerkface.

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Richter

#2
November 18, 2009, 09:08:31 PM
GET YOUR PAWS OFF MY LANGUAGE YOU DAMN DIRTY APES!
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Dysnomia

#3
November 18, 2009, 10:23:54 PM
Ima unfriend all you guys!


:argh!:
It's all fun and games, till someone gets herpes.

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Rumckle

#4
November 18, 2009, 10:35:14 PM
At least it's better than that word "huggles"

Rumckle
-will unfriend anyone who uses the word huggles.
It's not trolling, it's just satire.

President Television

#5
November 19, 2009, 02:27:19 AM
Is it just me, or is the English language gradually sliding towards Newspeak?
My shit list: Stephen Harper, anarchists that complain about taxes instead of institutionalized torture, those people walking, anyone who lets a single aspect of themselves define their entire personality, salesmen that don't smoke pipes, Fredericton New Brunswick, bigots, philosophy majors, my nemesis, pirates that don't do anything, criminals without class, sociopaths, narcissists, furries, juggalos, foes.

Rumckle

#6
November 19, 2009, 02:29:39 AM
I think it is heading in the opposite direction.
It's not trolling, it's just satire.

Cramulus

#7
November 19, 2009, 02:37:07 AM
Quote from: Rumckle on November 18, 2009, 10:35:14 PM
At least it's better than that word "huggles"

Rumckle
-will unfriend anyone who uses the word huggles.

THIS!



"HUGGLES"? WHY YOU GOTTA BE RACIST?
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Precious Moments Zalgo

#8
November 19, 2009, 04:27:31 PM
From the link:
Quotedeath panel – a theoretical body that determines which patients deserve to live, when care is rationed
Theoretical?  Tell that to the families of people whose insurance companies deny coverage for expensive but potentially life-saving treatment.
I will answer ANY prayer for $39.95.*

*Unfortunately, I cannot give refunds in the event that the answer is no.

Cain

#9
November 19, 2009, 04:32:11 PM
Quote from: Rumckle on November 19, 2009, 02:29:39 AM
I think it is heading in the opposite direction.

Would that be towards Unspeak?

Rumckle

#10
November 19, 2009, 04:39:15 PM
Yeah, in a nutshell.
It's not trolling, it's just satire.

Rococo Modem Basilisk

#11
November 19, 2009, 06:50:21 PM
I don't think this is a new low for the OED word of the year.


I am not "full of hate" as if I were some passive container. I am a generator of hate, and my rage is a renewable resource, like sunshine.

Kai

#12
November 19, 2009, 09:28:36 PM
I want to stab the unfunny quibbling pedants who claim its not a REAL word if it's not in the OED. Right in their fucking face.
If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. --Loren Eisley, The Immense Journey

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Grand Visser of the Six Legged Class
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Rococo Modem Basilisk

#13
November 19, 2009, 10:18:38 PM
What about the quibbling unfunny pedants who claim that it's not a real word regardless of whether or not it's in the OED?


I am not "full of hate" as if I were some passive container. I am a generator of hate, and my rage is a renewable resource, like sunshine.

Kai

#14
November 20, 2009, 01:48:13 AM
Quote from: Enki v. 2.0 on November 19, 2009, 10:18:38 PM
What about the quibbling unfunny pedants who claim that it's not a real word regardless of whether or not it's in the OED?

You're right. The real key here is "quibbling unfunny pedants".
If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. --Loren Eisley, The Immense Journey

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Grand Visser of the Six Legged Class
Chanticleer of the Holometabola Clade Church, Diptera Parish
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