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Slaughter
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 02:29 pm: |
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I'm confused. Started seeing stuff like abbreviations... OK, In My Not So Humble Opinion, some of them made sense but now we seem to have gotten to where we really have minimized the effort in putting in a response to a particular point. I just got curious about HOW, WHERE, WHEN we started stuff like WORD and +1 - where did they come from? Word?? Yeah, I kinda get the context. Am I too old to use those responses in an online discussion? I'm trying to be KEWL here, need some help. |
Tramp
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 02:33 pm: |
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Actually, Steve, "Word" is an urban neologism, from the late '70s, derived from "Word up" (you may recall cameo), which, in urban-speak, means, "Indeed, old chap, isn't THAT the truth", or "You are CORRECT sir". If you spent any amount of time around , say the dance or music scene of most major American cities, you'd understand how "word", in the given context, was both an appropriate and droll response. Much like "Homeboy", few folks truly understand, or care to research, it's actual origin. I'm aware of the etymology of both "-isms". |
Spiderman
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 02:34 pm: |
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Well "word" is jive for I agree, way before the intraWeb.
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Slaughter
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 02:39 pm: |
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Excuse me, I speak JIVE. |
Bikertrash05
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 02:41 pm: |
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What gets me is that "FTW" now has two meanings. |
Doon
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 02:45 pm: |
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+1. Means agreeing with the post or the like. Not sure where it came from exactly but in geek/coding stuff. If you agree with what is going on you just say +1 to the thread or the email. Kinda reminds me of <aol/> Which is basically geek talk for Me Too! |
Etennuly
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 02:48 pm: |
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HTFU! |
Tramp
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 02:52 pm: |
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FTW has meant F*ck the World and Forever Two Wheels (as a joke-xplanation) ever since I was a kid...is there a new definition? (Message edited by tramp on August 11, 2008) |
Slaughter
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 02:59 pm: |
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I won't tell you what my draft lottery number was or you'd deduce my DOB - but FTA became a very common expression back in the day. Dude. |
Grndskpr
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 03:00 pm: |
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FTW = For The Win |
Grndskpr
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 03:01 pm: |
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FYYFF ATGATT FTMFW All fun R |
Tramp
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 03:02 pm: |
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This is the first time I've ever heard this "for The Win" hocus pocus. ...new one on me. thanks |
Oldog
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 03:03 pm: |
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WTF With the facts DAMHIK is another one. |
Slaughter
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 03:15 pm: |
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WFO was probably the first moto-abbreviation that we used in polite conversation. I think it was Cycle World with the cartoon "Indian" - asking "What mean-um WFO?" |
Tramp
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 03:29 pm: |
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How old, I wonder, is "WFO"? I KNOW it was around in the '60s, as evidenced by MC mags, and it also, at that time, made it's way to polite motorcycling texts. I've seen it credibly quoted from 1950s HA chatter....what are the chances it's prewar? |
Cruisin
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 03:45 pm: |
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My wife's K bike has the classic: DILLIGAF Some people scratch their heads reading it, others laugh... |
Tramp
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 04:04 pm: |
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Dilligaf was around in the mid-'70s, fo'sho! |
Grndskpr
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 04:14 pm: |
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How old, I wonder, is "WFO"? I KNOW it was around in the '60s, as evidenced by MC mags, and it also, at that time, made it's way to polite motorcycling texts. I've seen it credibly quoted from 1950s HA chatter....what are the chances it's prewar? Which meaning, there are 2, the more polite very well could be R |
Tramp
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 04:27 pm: |
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??? I've only known of Wide F**king Open since I was about 6. What other solution is there, and I don't mean in that "For The Win" or "With The Facts" version that, like, 4 people use somewhere in Missouri |
Slaughter
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 05:05 pm: |
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Wide F-ing Open gets its "F" changed by the same people that insist FUBAR is Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition and SNAFU is Situation Normal, All Fouled Up. Foul you and the horse you rode in on! (just doesn't work the same) |
Oldbiker
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 05:05 pm: |
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Tramp.......I carry DILLIGAF as kind of a signature...i've learned the term was coined by navy boy's during WWII. Steve (I'm sure this statement will cause dispute) |
Tramp
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 05:07 pm: |
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Proud recipients of the Green Weenie won't soon forget BOHICA, while assuming the position... parade rest...? |
Grndskpr
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 05:34 pm: |
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What other solution is there, and I don't mean in that "For The Win" or "With The Facts" version that, like, 4 people use somewhere in Missouri WFO can mean Wound Flat Out,like, the more polite version Missouri has nothing to do with this conversation, you know R |
M1combat
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 05:45 pm: |
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FTW meaning "For the Win" originated (I believe ) with online MMO games... People would say something like "2 Geared Pallys LFG Kara FTW" Anyway... I was on the internet before there were pictures. Thus I remember when we would type lol not to save strokes but to save BANDWIDTH. Yeah... there weren't pictures OR web browsers back then. This was long before Al invented it... For me though... FTW is FTW. FTMMOP... They're in their own little world those guys . |
Ft_bstrd
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 06:16 pm: |
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Thanks to this place and ADVRider, I know have Douche Canoe and A$$hat embedded in my lexicon. You guys haven't even brought up "205". |
Glitch
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 06:22 pm: |
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rule 34 |
Buellinachinashop
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 06:31 pm: |
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I never did understand "douche canoe"..how did that one come about? |
Ft_bstrd
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 06:47 pm: |
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It was part of a Craig's List ad for a bike. It was almost poetic. |
Tramp
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 06:53 pm: |
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Douche Canoe is a relatively gnarly old (1970s) expression for an ill-fitting bikini, esp. one which holds water when the wearer reemerges from the ocean. It's been expanded to include "Organ Grinders", as well, even though they're typically donned by a different gender of Shoobee or Hodad. |
Slaughter
| Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 06:58 pm: |
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You mean Gremmie? |
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