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wickedflea ([personal profile] wickedflea) wrote2003-06-25 09:30 pm

the internet is gay

It's weird to watch the life of a word. Like "asshat." Growing up, I never heard anyone called an asshat. And then all of a sudden, bang! There's asshat. Everyone's using it. Even [livejournal.com profile] albert71292 says it. Asshat. Kind of a nifty word. The word of the moment. I'll look back on 2003 as the Year of the Asshat.

I won't even get into assclowns.

[identity profile] dichotomous.livejournal.com 2003-06-25 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd like to figure out where those terms came from. I'm thinking maybe somethingawful.com, but maybe they were around before that.

[identity profile] wickedflea.livejournal.com 2003-06-25 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah it's weird. I'll bet the linguists and OED people are having a field day with all these new words.

[identity profile] notmyworld.livejournal.com 2003-06-25 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
that term is actually a point of much discussion with the wife and I. We both wonder where it came from and when it will go away.

[identity profile] wickedflea.livejournal.com 2003-06-25 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
It's strange--when I first saw it, I thought, hey, that's funny, maybe I'll use it sometime. But then it started showing up everywhere! So I never got a chance to use it. Maybe in the meeting tomorrow morning.

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[identity profile] notmyworld.livejournal.com 2003-06-25 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I would like to use it when I finally get the nerve to tell my boss that I really think about him...

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[identity profile] notmyworld.livejournal.com 2003-06-25 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
uh... that's think of him, not think about him. Heh.

[identity profile] motherevol.livejournal.com 2003-06-25 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm still trying to get the phrase thundering shit weasel to take off.

[identity profile] wickedflea.livejournal.com 2003-06-26 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
Man, that's a really good one!!! I read "cock knocking nut fuck" around here somewhere the other day and thought that was really good. For years I've been trying to push "stark raving naked," but no one will pick up on it.

[identity profile] ex-thebellja885.livejournal.com 2003-06-25 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
now that you mention the subject...where the crunk did "w00t" come from?

[identity profile] wickedflea.livejournal.com 2003-06-26 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I dunno! I blame the hax0rs (or whatever they are). :)

[identity profile] saintclaire.livejournal.com 2003-06-26 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
Assneck is quite popular these days too...

[identity profile] wickedflea.livejournal.com 2003-06-26 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
Haha, yeah, we talked about that one! I still attribute that one to the Jerky Boys. I dig that one.

[identity profile] smittyfoo.livejournal.com 2003-06-26 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
Don't forget Assninja!

[identity profile] saintclaire.livejournal.com 2003-06-26 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
Thats a keeper! AsssNinja.. I'm going to work that one into my vocabulary today. Thanks!

[identity profile] wickedflea.livejournal.com 2003-06-26 08:26 am (UTC)(link)
Assninja rocks! Actually this is the first time I've heard it, but that's a really good one! :)

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[identity profile] smittyfoo.livejournal.com 2003-06-26 08:38 am (UTC)(link)
Yes the dude who invented the little clip thingie in the DVD cases that make me feel like I'm going to break my DVD tryig to get it out is a big ASSNINJA!

[identity profile] invisibleflair.livejournal.com 2003-06-27 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I meant to link you to this (http://www.confusednation.com/asshat/) before but LJ was not being cooperative. :)

the etymology of asshat

[identity profile] wickedflea.livejournal.com 2003-06-28 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent--thanks!!! :)