Stupid *new* words

[TheHuckster]

I do find it humorous that people over the last 9+ months I've frequented imgur have been out dating themselves with the first ever selfie. "Here's a picture of one of the Beatles in the 60's taking a selfie in the mirror." next week "Here's someone from the 50's doing the same." etc.

First known selfie, 1839

[KabeRinnaul]

First known selfie, 1839

[CSB]Linked article reminds me of something interesting. I've actually worked with daguerreotype plates before at my old store. Someone brought in a bunch of old (as in antique) photographs to have copies made on modern paper before they faded completely or became too damaged. Included in the collection was a set of about a dozen corroded daguerreotype plates. We had to scan them on the newer machines because the old older ones couldn't get anything usable off of them, and even on the more modern photo lab equipment, I had to spend about 20 minutes per plate adjusting brightness and contrast to make anything visible come out of those scans.[/CSB]

[Rapscallion]

I was talking to a colleague today and mused about how insults come about, and whether or not we could popularise a made-up word such as 'flerb' and get that into the social media and popular. In a few years time, we could hear a child crying to its mother that a bigger child called him or her a 'flerb', and it would in due course be banned.

Anyone want to try spreading the flerbiness?

Rapscallion

[SongsOfDragons]

Flerb off, ya flerbing flerb!

[patiokitty]

Smeg your smegging 'flerb' you smegging smeghead :P

[Bloodsoul]

I don't really mean to mention SoulCalibur again, but why not bring back "cur"? Or "knave?"

[patiokitty]

I've got a coworker who routinely uses shit like 'cray-cray' and other stupid *new* words, and it drives me nuts. I went off on her yesterday about it, and she went on about the fluidity of language and how new words just make it more colourful. In my opinion, there are some words that just make the user sound stupid...such as 'cray-cray'. Shut up, use the actual word if you want me to take you seriously, or fuck off and leave me the hell along.