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Title: Phat slang in the new Merriam-Webster.
Post by: satchel on September 18, 2003, 08:07:12 pm

The Eleventh Edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary will include the word (http://www.merriam-webstercollegiate.com/info/new_words.htm) ‘phat,’ plus add new meanings for ‘avatar’ (yes, the message-board kind) and ‘goth’ (the blackclad, morbid kind).

Title: Phat slang in the new Merriam-Webster.
Post by: jough on September 18, 2003, 08:13:42 pm

There are some great words being added this time:

lurk (e.g. Onstad's reading of this message board)
bubkus (like, "JL works for NC State so she doesn't make bubkus.")
compadre (I can't believe this one's not in there)
McJob (like the one Ferocious J holds)
brewski (that which we would put in Lyle's hand by donating to Onstad)
MacGuffin (the Hitchcockian sense of driving the plot with something inconsequential)
yuppify (to make things appeal to yuppies - like, say, if we turned this message board into an SUV that dispensed cafe au lait from the steering column)
comb-over (cover that spot, baldy!)

Title: Phat slang in the new Merriam-Webster.
Post by: andalucia on September 18, 2003, 08:33:17 pm

Avatar?  Egad.  I would have thought that was still pretty esoteric terminology.

Title: Phat slang in the new Merriam-Webster.
Post by: AlohaDawg on September 18, 2003, 08:49:46 pm

I wonder how long it will be before "'leet" terms start infiltrating language.

Title: Phat slang in the new Merriam-Webster.
Post by: slink on September 18, 2003, 09:36:57 pm

Quote from: "AlohaDawg"

I wonder how long it will be before "'leet" terms start infiltrating language.

God please let's hope never!

Title: Phat slang in the new Merriam-Webster.
Post by: andalucia on September 19, 2003, 12:39:48 am

Quote from: "slink"

God please let's hope never!

Ugh.... agreed.

Title: Phat slang in the new Merriam-Webster.
Post by: CortJstr on September 22, 2003, 04:54:03 pm

Actually my favorite part of m-w.com is that if you enter "ghoti" the first suggestion is "giraffe"

This makes me happy in ways I can't describe.

Title: Phat slang in the new Merriam-Webster.
Post by: AlohaDawg on September 22, 2003, 06:47:49 pm

Quote from: "CortJstr"

Actually my favorite part of m-w.com is that if you enter "ghoti" the first suggestion is "giraffe"

This makes me happy in ways I can't describe.

That is truly awesome.

Title: Phat slang in the new Merriam-Webster.
Post by: CortJstr on September 22, 2003, 06:57:53 pm

Quote from: "CortJstr"

Actually my favorite part of m-w.com is that if you enter "ghoti" the first suggestion is "giraffe"

This makes me happy in ways I can't describe.

For those not in the loop:

ghoti is pronounced a little funny.

gh as in tough

o as in women

ti as in elation

Title: Phat slang in the new Merriam-Webster.
Post by: jay-ell on September 22, 2003, 07:07:41 pm

Never stop learning

This thread has made me better at Trivial Pursuit.