Word Of The Day

Today's word is

 

Not a positive and not a word. Can't stand how we are beginning to speak shrthnd and t@"t language, nevermind using numbers and certain fck:n' acronyms. For isntance:

24/7,

9/11. 11/9 for the British.

WYSIWYG. This once leaves me feeling dizzy as if I've just been on a funfair ride.

.....m8

No mate of mine. Just name or spell out what it is.

 

i don't even have a clue what that one means

 

Acronym for What You See Is What You Get.

 

ok and based on what it stands for you aren't seeing what you are getting.

this may create a brain aneurism if i think about it too much.

 

what it actually means is that if you're printing off a document from a computer, it will look the same on paper as it does on the screen - same font, layout etc. Computer people really do excel at opaque language.

 

Indeed.. like you can put an 802.11g in your PCMCIA instead of putting Cat6 in your NIC

 

I like the computer term to mung

- to Mash Until No Good

users are very good at doing this.

 

Even when they use what looks like it should be ordinary language, it still makes no sense - e.g. "thin clients", "fat pipes" etc etc ...

 

Defenestrate. Verb: To throw out of a window....

 

Thats just great

 

Awesome - To feel nauseous, light-headed, sickly and confused, leading to death. It's an afflication on the human condition where people's sense of self becomes a false and bastardized form.

The pain is felt for roughly two weeks where upon the personal torment is ended with a quick blow to the back of the head. Symptons are shown in the over use of words such as wicked, totally and wow. It is used with the warbling effect of speech, in that when a statement is made it is spoken in the way a question maybe asked.

- adj. inspiring awe; dreaded.

awe - reverential fear or wonder.

 

Today's word is: spoonerism

 

oh, i always loved spoonerisms

spoon·er·ism (spū'nə-rĭz'əm)
n. A transposition of sounds of two or more words, especially a ludicrous one, such as Let me sew you to your sheet for Let me show you to your seat.

 

Todays word is:
debunker

Noun. One who debunks.

To debunk: to expose or ridicule the falseness, sham or exaggerated claims of.

 

Today's word children is indefatigable

adjective (of a person, quality, etc.) that cannot be tired out; unwearying, unremitting.

e.g. Steve Wright's cheesiness is indefatigable

 

Also as in George Galloway's infamous address to that hero of our times, Saddam Hussein, back in 1994:

"Sir, I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability."

 

*shudder*

 

I think George looks very alluring there, as I attested to on national television I believe. And he defends himself by saying that quote was taken out of context and that he was in fact referring to the Iraqi people and not to Saddam in particular. Whether that's true or not, I don't think it really matters. If you're going to try to convince a dictator with absolute power of your point of view, it's going to have to involve a bit of brown nosing....

 

I think that is at least partially true; the rest of the speech is talking about sanctions, their effect on the Iraqi people and the importance of opening the eyes of Europe to the plight of ordinary Iraqis who were then being penalised by Western policies. Starting that statement "Sir" is just begging to be taken out of context though, even if he was just using a formal device. He does have a habit of opening himself to ridicule!