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SPLIT topic: Etymology or osmethne - Page 2 — Brooklynian

SPLIT topic: Etymology or osmethne

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  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=teh


    you could use this for other cool words too :). like osmethne. that word i can claim a bit to have invented :P. from my notrious typo's on many message boards. this was back in '99 and on one heated thread. i kept spelling something to osmethne in the whole thread. after wards it got used by alot of people on that board and spread. even one guy rename his screenie after that name.
  • emily
    emily
    In a way, it's not that different from us adopting "incestial" as a board name here. Certain misspellings just seem so funny that they get adopted as an "insider" thing.
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    EmilyM wrote: In a way, it's not that different from us adopting "incestial" as a board name here. Certain misspellings just seem so funny that they get adopted as an "insider" thing.
    yeah :), and emily :P btw we need a new name eventually hehe.
  • heights249
    heights249
    Wow - who knew? Well, apparently a lot more people than I did. I had no idea that this sort of language "metamorphism" was going on. I'm not sure how I feel about all of this... I actually find it a little unsettling...hmmm, I'll have to explore further my feelings about this...
  • livetotravel
    livetotravel
    The real problem with language "metamorphism" is when words are corrupted and used without a clue has to their historical significance and impact. It is the ultimate dumbing down of culture.

    For more on the etymolgy of the word gay - look here

    http://www.atypicaljoe.com/archives/2006/03/about_gay_style.php
  • pitu
    pitu
    osmethne:
    An alternate spelling of "something", often hastily typed, in a fit of rage, or illiteracy

    (snicker)
    :D

    good split topic!
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    pitu wrote: osmethne:
    An alternate spelling of "something", often hastily typed, in a fit of rage, or illiteracy

    (snicker)
    :D

    good split topic!
    illiteracy part discribes me perfectly ;).
  • stacey
    stacey
    Livetotravel wrote: The real problem with language "metamorphism" is when words are corrupted and used without a clue has to their historical significance and impact. It is the ultimate dumbing down of culture.
    You expressed perfectly what I could not. I also cannot stand the use of the n word (not by anyone of any race) and when women are referred to as bitches and hos.
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    now we got a cool title for this thread :). "topic: Etymology or osmethne"

    thanks for the split topic and name change hehe.
  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    stacey wrote: [quote=Livetotravel]The real problem with language "metamorphism" is when words are corrupted and used without a clue has to their historical significance and impact. It is the ultimate dumbing down of culture.
    You expressed perfectly what I could not. I also cannot stand the use of the n word (not by anyone of any race) and when women are referred to as bitches and hos.

    agreed. but i have absolutely no issue using the "c" word to desribe some truly, truly wretched women. (remember, i used to work in women's magazines...)
  • apollonia666
    apollonia666
    armchair_warrior wrote: you could use this for other cool words too :). like osmethne. that word i can claim a bit to have invented :P. from my notrious typo's on many message boards.
    They sure are notrious. :roll:
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    i use the ghey word with gamers, n word with only other asians, same way african americans would use it.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    apollonia666 wrote: [quote=armchair_warrior]you could use this for other cool words too :). like osmethne. that word i can claim a bit to have invented :P. from my notrious typo's on many message boards.
    They sure are notrious. :roll:

    noxious is the word everyone is looking for. unreadable is the other.
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    opps sorry i meant notorious :P.i rarely check my spelling nor grammar.
  • stella
    stella
    Gamers also use Jew as an insult.. doesn't make it right.
  • doctorj
    doctorj
    Stella wrote: Gamers also use Jew as an insult.. doesn't make it right.
    If you don't know what you're saying, is it still wrong? When I was a kid, I moved to a new school where they played a game they called something that sounded like 'ju-jump'. I was horrified as an adult to find out what it actually meant.
  • apollonia666
    apollonia666
    doctorj wrote: [quote=Stella]Gamers also use Jew as an insult.. doesn't make it right.
    If you don't know what you're saying, is it still wrong? When I was a kid, I moved to a new school where they played a game they called something that sounded like 'ju-jump'. I was horrified as an adult to find out what it actually meant.

    Maybe not. I think most people who use gay as an insult DO consciously associate it with gay people, though.
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