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Elanor Durall ([info]elanor_durall) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2004-02-24 20:14:00


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[First Post] Dictionary WOTD Wank
Wow. Wank is everywhere. I was somewhat surprised to find this little gem lurking in the dictionary.com Word of the Day syndication.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/dictionary_wotd/127845.html?thread=270181#t270181

This is my first post here, so hopefully I haven't mucked it up too badly.


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[info]kyuuketsukirui
2004-02-25 03:51 am UTC (link)
Oh my God, that is truly spoogeriffic. Hee!

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[info]teratologist
2004-02-25 03:56 am UTC (link)
Now we need a "stop having my disorder, you're making my disorder look stupid" icon.

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[info]yadda
2004-02-25 04:49 am UTC (link)
"Vocabulary" does not ever take a zero-plural form. Thus, you are clearly using the noun in the singular form, not plural. Since it's not plural, you need an article (indefinite - "a"). As in, "With a 98th percentile vocabulary". That would be grammatically correct; although still a bald-faced lie.

My word, this is surely the Best Grammar Wank EVER!

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[info]vassilissa
2004-02-25 05:18 am UTC (link)
*top of head explodes*
Holy mother of Cthulhu.

I couldn't believe WOTD wank existed, but that was before I read the thing. *breathes out* It's funny - I should be extremely irritated by staircase_wit's IQ wank, but I think conculcate's use of the word 'retard' in reference to, well, anyone, maxed something out in my brain.

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[info]musette
2004-02-25 08:00 am UTC (link)
Wow, that was a wank change up even! Early on, I was certain it was entirely conculcate being the spooger, but then staircase_wit spooged forth with quite impressive show! Really though, it's obv. what he meant in the original post. So fine, he meant "-scent" rather then "-escent", but nascent is still a valid inclusion in the group.

Grammar wank just makes me all giddy.

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[info]apoplexia
2004-02-25 06:53 pm UTC (link)
I think this was the best thing about the wank, apart from its volume, the fact that you thought you knew where the wank was going to be coming from, and then it catches you entirely by surprise (if you'll forgive the potentially disturbing imagery). I love nothing more than a pissing contest where people offer to get out their IQ scores or school results or how many giraffe stamps they got in kindergarten.

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[info]musette
2004-02-25 07:58 pm UTC (link)
The volume in relation to the alleged offense is really quite amazing, but a surprise ending wank is my favourite. I mean really, LotR wank or HP wank, you almost always know where it's going, but this, this was GENIUS.

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[info]apoplexia
2004-02-26 10:57 am UTC (link)
I had to go back and enjoy it all over again. Just the phrase "word of the day wank" makes me giggle. Plus the really nice thing about this is that it's not one-sided.

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[info]musette
2004-02-26 06:08 pm UTC (link)
A nice circle jerk is hard to come by nowadays, I thought it was a dying art.

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[info]coyotegirl
2004-02-25 08:08 am UTC (link)
I enjoyed this little comparison.

Wordwank makes Latinate roots cry.

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[info]melange
2004-02-25 04:02 pm UTC (link)
Personally, I'm surprised that [info]staircase_wit's ass is big enough to contain both his head *and* a thesaurus.

Man, I've never seen that much wank over absolutely nothing.

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(Anonymous)
2004-02-25 06:48 pm UTC (link)
I still don't know what I did wrong. I asked for a list of words with a similar sound that could discribe the ontological condition of a thing. Somehow, this started a flame war, in which I did my best to defend myself.

Why are you so hostile towards me?

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[info]melange
2004-02-25 07:13 pm UTC (link)
Actually, I was totally with you until the 'garnishing antipathy from neurotypicals' part. Their inability to let the 'ascent'/'escent' thing go was completely ridiculous, but I have to say that it's equally wanky to A) claim that people only disagree with you because they're stupider than you, and B) use several mutli-syllabic words when a shorter ones would suffice. Using that many big words for no reason makes you look incredibly pretentious.

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[info]princessdot
2004-02-26 11:38 pm UTC (link)
I've paid good money to be spoken to with million-dollar words.

Here? I come for comedy, not condescencion.

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[info]judyhazeleyes
2004-02-27 11:57 pm UTC (link)
good lord!

wank is all around me, and so the spooging grows...

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