Uh, Chrisjk - could you define ******?

[jim mcnamara]

I kinda liked the term, in a little flame war you had moments ago. Maybe it'd be a nice addition to my vocab - maybe not. I dunno.

Since I hope it's completely awful, and I can't read *** (asterisks)
very well, please give it a try.



PS: you were right, but was the guy a ******?
you remember - isurftheworldwithoutspellingorcaptalization.

[parksie]

Well, we'd need a hidden camera in his bathroom to check

And why do you americans put "z" where you should have an "s" (just while we're on the subject of spelling )

[jim mcnamara]

It's called othography, Mike. Not spelling. My OED shows both as accepted versions words like capitalise

While we're at it - why do people East of the pond insist on pluralising (see, I'm bi-orthogrpahical) collective nouns? A collection is a single entity, ie., Sears-Roebuck were having a sale.

Sears is a single entity, a collection, like in VB. This happens with army, but seemingly not with Parliament, which is definitely a collection (of what I don't really know).

[chrisjk]

You're not familar with ******? Strange.

Anyway, ****** is someone who wanks, which is someone who masturbates. Obviously calling someone a masturbator isn't really that insulting, but ****** is because it implies that is your only means of sexual gratification. Or something like that

thanx for the support back there

[Emo]

Originally posted by chrisjk
Anyway, ****** is someone who wanks, which is someone who masturbates.

That's all good but do you know how they came up with this name?

My only possible solution is this: When you masturbate, it kinda sounds "****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****"..


Of course I wouldn't know that

-Emo

[chrisjk]

Originally posted by Emo
That's all good but do you know how they came up with this name?

no idea, maybe it came from the same place as jerk off?

[SurfDemon]

If you want to shock the inlaws, make the comment

"So there I was at the dinner table, masticating furiously, when your daughter walked in. I almost choked."

See what reaction you get.

P.S. Some of you might want to look up masticating in the dictionary, it's not as crued as you think.

SD

[Juan Carlos Rey]

And why do you americans put "z" where you should have an "s" (just while we're on the subject of spelling)

I think Parksie means such words as warez and the like

[parksie]

Nope, I mean capitali[zs]e and all the rest.

[crptcblade]

Originally posted by parksie
Nope, I mean capitali[zs]e and all the rest.

All right, I'll be the first to admit it...Americans are nimrods. We only pretend to know how to spell. We spell phonetically because we don't know any better.

[chrisjk]

You mean like donut and drive-thru?

[crptcblade]

Originally posted by chrisjk
You mean like donut and drive-thru?

Yeah, and cake