Drudge Retort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs
Friday, July 10, 2009

The new edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary has added the words flash mob, frenemy, shawarma, sock puppet, staycation, vlog and webisode. Beyond "funny flag" and "dumps," what weird jargon and expressions has the Retort adopted that deserves a place in the language?

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RCADE is my BFF!

Alrighty then.

So what are you supposed to say, that "the frenemy of my frenemy is my end"?

You are asking all the sock puppets here????

You are asking all the sock puppets here????

#5 | Posted by daprof

No, just poster # 2. I think he hit the third rail with his teabag.

Letusprey--that was gooood. : )

I don't know about DR coinage, but really? MW added "flash mob"? I haven't even heard that since probably 1997. Okay, maybe it was 2000. But I think it was closer to 1997. Sorta like adding "fly" or "peace out" to the dictionary now.

And yeah, what's up with Manypaths--dude, are you really posting Murphy's (if it is Murphy's) rant on every thread today? Or has someone hijacked your moniker?

I think MP may have been on a suicide mission. Either way, he's on vacation again.

afkablt? That's weird enough for any two teabaggers.

What did MP do this time?


HOw about

Unfreakinbelievable for a word?

He spammed one of your posts all over about 10 threads.

I'd like to prepone the 2010 Congressional elections to this Fall and hope all the liberal locavores including my frenemies are on staycation at that time stuffing themselves on non cardioprotective shawarmas while listening to reggaeton as they blog under their sock puppets and if they find out about the election I'll vlog for a flash mob to round them up while sipping neuroprotective Scotch and waterboard them of course taping it for a pay-per-view webisode.

Gee I don't know some of them kinda work but it's a stretch.


He spammed one of your posts all over about 10 threads.

#11 | Posted by SanAntonioRogue


Yeah--saw it on the Dump.

At least it was a good one he was spamming.

;o)

what weird jargon and expressions has the Retort adopted that deserves a place in the language?

Libtard.
Republican't.

Oh, it was also here that I saw someone else use the pejorative term "douche-nozzle." Prior to that I thought it was only used by some of my college friends.

"frenemy, sock puppet"


Really, I thought it was some character on Sesame Street I'd never heard of before.

Now I learned "frenemy" is used to describe "someone who acts like your friend but is really your enemy."

I always thought the word "backstabber" covered that one best.

" always thought the word "backstabber" covered that one best."

"Jackass" works.

Did they put Shawn's picture next to the word "pussy" or next to "whiner?"

Yeah, backstabber works just fine, and in a group/social/political context, there's turncoat. But I rather like frenemy. Never heard it before yesterday, but I like it.

Oh, and unfuckinbelievable is not a new word--that insertion is called infixing. The type of construct is already addressed in our current language--it doesn't need a new word.

TruthHurts used to start Iraq war discussions here with the word "Missionaccomplishitfucked."

A shame that didn't catch on elsewhere.

I liked the daily "butcher's bill" from the Missionaccomplishitfucked era.

Pakistan and the Pakistani Taliban are enemies.

The USA and the Afghan Taliban are enemies.

Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban are friends.

Pakistan and the USA are Frenemies.

#21 | Posted by YS_1

LOL

As far as sockpuppets go, I guess these are different from that vaseline-filled sock Johnson drew a face on and has used to pleasure himself since the late '60's...

Next up: "Waterboarding"

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