I agree with John, for his reasons in addition to its abuse by celeb tabloid rags, which together tarnish whatever shaky need to exist it might have had.
I ran across it in a session of D&D (*nerd alert*) when a DM used a lesser geas on a player. I had to ask him what the hell he was talking about; it didn't sound (or look) like a real word.
definitely nasty. in fact, most fauxreos are so truly awful it's as if they exist only to highlight how much better the real ones are. maybe it's all just a network of front companies under the puppet hand of nabisco.
different from goatsesque, goatsean images are those whose nature is intentionally obscured by an individual (through mislabeling of the file or otherwise) to surprise and disgust another. i.e., tubgirl.
You could probably put snikt on this list -- that'd be the noise of Wolverine's claws popping in or out. And as far as fandom terms, no list is complete without hoyay.
Comments by squareintheteeth
squareintheteeth commented on the word preggers
I agree with John, for his reasons in addition to its abuse by celeb tabloid rags, which together tarnish whatever shaky need to exist it might have had.
January 5, 2007
squareintheteeth commented on the word geas
I ran across it in a session of D&D (*nerd alert*) when a DM used a lesser geas on a player. I had to ask him what the hell he was talking about; it didn't sound (or look) like a real word.
January 5, 2007
squareintheteeth commented on the word fauxreos
definitely nasty. in fact, most fauxreos are so truly awful it's as if they exist only to highlight how much better the real ones are. maybe it's all just a network of front companies under the puppet hand of nabisco.
January 5, 2007
squareintheteeth commented on the word goatsean
different from goatsesque, goatsean images are those whose nature is intentionally obscured by an individual (through mislabeling of the file or otherwise) to surprise and disgust another. i.e., tubgirl.
January 5, 2007
squareintheteeth commented on the word goatsesque
graphic designs that evoke, purposely or accidentally, the infamous goatse image. a portmanteau of goatse and grotesque.
January 5, 2007
squareintheteeth commented on the word fauxreos
fake oreos of the kind often found under a store brand in supermarkets. usually terrible.
January 4, 2007
squareintheteeth commented on the word wootz
An actual term describing a type of steel, or used when referring to such steel as a synecdoche. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wootz_steel
January 4, 2007
squareintheteeth commented on the list joanna-newsom-lyrics
I almost did this myself. Great list!
December 29, 2006
squareintheteeth commented on the list fan-o-rama
You could probably put snikt on this list -- that'd be the noise of Wolverine's claws popping in or out. And as far as fandom terms, no list is complete without hoyay.
December 19, 2006
squareintheteeth commented on the word verbose
Probably a descriptor that can be attached to most wordies.
December 19, 2006
squareintheteeth commented on the word transcendant
I believe this is a misspelling of transcendent.
December 19, 2006
squareintheteeth commented on the word quandry
Is this an actual word? Or just a misspelling of quandary?
December 19, 2006
squareintheteeth commented on the word myriad
I can't see this word and not think of the default Adobe font.
December 19, 2006
squareintheteeth commented on the list trees-have-the-best-names
Indeed. Can anyone encounter the larch *without* thinking Monty Python?
December 17, 2006
squareintheteeth commented on the list latin-is-fun
Or perhaps the classic memento mori?
December 6, 2006