Keith Houchen Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Is Edmunds the new Musawa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted February 6, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: Is Edmunds the new Musawa? Can’t be, that doesn’t fit with the acronym NEWS. Edited February 6, 2018 by Kaz Hayashi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted February 7, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 7, 2018 11 hours ago, Daaaaaad! said: This gem: well I just learned today. It took me 19 years to figure out NEWS stands for "notable events, weather, and sports" NO IT FUCKING DOESN'T I hate this shit. It's probably my pettiest of pet peeves, but I'm an etymology nerd, and people being so easily convinced of bullshit backronyms gets my goat. You used to hear people say how "Chav" stood for "Council Housed and Violent", and it bloody doesn't. Worst of all was one you used to get in shitty email chain letters, or that pub bores would spout, which was that the word "fuck" was originally an acronym for "Fornication Under Consent of the King", because sex was illegal without royal permission at some ill-defined time in the past. There is obviously so much wrong with that, not least of all that "Fuck" is a much older word in the English language than "Fornication" is in the first place. Acronyms in general only really became common in English in the late 19th century, any word before that you can reliably assume isn't one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted February 7, 2018 Awards Moderator Share Posted February 7, 2018 (edited) Interestingly, the word ‘aconrym’ came from the phrase ‘alternative consonants or nouns, ruining your mouth’. Sorry. Edited February 7, 2018 by HarmonicGenerator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Red Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 D@mm stands for "Done after minor mistakes" apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Cod Eye Posted February 7, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 7, 2018 8 hours ago, BomberPat said: I hate this shit. It's probably my pettiest of pet peeves, but I'm an etymology nerd, and people being so easily convinced of bullshit backronyms gets my goat. You used to hear people say how "Chav" stood for "Council Housed and Violent", and it bloody doesn't. Worst of all was one you used to get in shitty email chain letters, or that pub bores would spout, which was that the word "fuck" was originally an acronym for "Fornication Under Consent of the King", because sex was illegal without royal permission at some ill-defined time in the past. There is obviously so much wrong with that, not least of all that "Fuck" is a much older word in the English language than "Fornication" is in the first place. Acronyms in general only really became common in English in the late 19th century, any word before that you can reliably assume isn't one. I remember me and a mate we had a sleepover at my house on a Friday night when kids. We put Eurotrash on and they claimed the "Fornicate Under Command Of the King" was true. The reason they gave though was that a King could choose any "commoner" to have sex with at their will, and was ordered to "FUCK". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey_Piste Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Susie Dent drops a knowledge bomb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Yay, the Jon Venables pictures of him how he looks now are back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Some poor shop assistant will be getting his windows bricked tonight then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 This woman, who is a friend of my mums, posted a picture yesterday of someone meant to be Venables. Calmly, I posted about the dangers of doing this, regardless of how good your intentions may be, real diplomatic. I took the softly softly approach as the day before she shared something about how someone saw immigrants in Tesco spending the 26 quids worth of vouchers they got EVERY DAY on booze. I told her it isn't true and pointed out that her husband is Irish so he would be entitled to them as well if these daily food vouchers existed. Her reply was "It may be false but it's also true" and that only the Irish don't get the vouchers. Today she posted another Venables pic that was a completely different person to the one yesterday. Fucks sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK Kat Von D Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Last night I posted a status asking “Where is the worst place you have ever needed to do a shit?” Facebook has been excellent since Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 On 07/02/2018 at 6:14 PM, Rey_Piste said: Susie Dent drops a knowledge bomb. New pants please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undefeated Steak Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 7 hours ago, UK Kat Von D said: Last night I posted a status asking “Where is the worst place you have ever needed to do a shit?” Facebook has been excellent since I shared my shit story a while ago on here. Still have flashbacks to that. Awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted February 23, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted February 23, 2018 23 hours ago, UK Kat Von D said: “Where is the worst place you have ever needed to do a shit?” Burnley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey_Piste Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Saw someone post this shit on their page. I love how by entering a door in a game is how you get onto the "black web". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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