Comments | petronivs: Writer's Block: You Wouldn't Understand

petronivs

Writer's Block: You Wouldn't Understand

Jan 28, 2009 07:50

language, writer's block, slang, words

Comments 7

lostvirtue January 28 2009, 14:03:17 UTC

Hmmm, see, I think of that as a term all my friends know. I'm not sure what that says about my "group".

petronivs January 28 2009, 14:26:32 UTC

It means they're fun? :)

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petronivs January 28 2009, 14:27:51 UTC

Borrow?

English doesn't borrow from other languages; it wallops them back side the head, drags their senseless bodies into back alleys, and loots their pockets for anything shiny or of value.

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petronivs January 28 2009, 15:10:12 UTC

Heck; we even have accountants (etymologists) who dedicate their lives to recording for posterity exactly which hapless victims various words came from.

awfulhorrid January 28 2009, 14:53:03 UTC

OK, I knew the word before the show came around, but ...

"Avenue Q" for the win!

delazan January 28 2009, 15:18:30 UTC

Anyone outside the Midwest has no idea what a "bubbler" is. Here in Wisconsin, "bubbler" is the word we use for a drinking fountain.
-L.

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petronivs January 28 2009, 21:59:14 UTC

The Wikipedia article on bubblers references a linguistic map hosted at UW.