In your face, Reginald
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I was disappointed not to find any evidence that over-enthusiastic spell checking has led to actual "moral gelatinism". But badgergasm does have some genuine (if puzzling) web hits.
Daniel Midgley said,
February 7, 2010 @ 10:51 pm
Owl-o-matic.
Clarissa at Talk to the Clouds said,
February 7, 2010 @ 11:05 pm
That brought tears to my eyes, it was so funny. I'm teaching my ESL students about prefixes and suffixes, but alas, I don't think I can use this. Too bad!
@Daniel Hey, it IS Superb Owl Sunday, after all! (And here's a Superb Owl for you, a link I was sharing on Twitter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es52WQKLumI )
bfwebster said,
February 7, 2010 @ 11:15 pm
OK, I'm not sure I want to google "badgergasm" for fear of not being able to un-see whatever might come up.
Jonathan Badger said,
February 7, 2010 @ 11:19 pm
I disagree
Nassira Nicola said,
February 7, 2010 @ 11:51 pm
Alas, most of the top hits are now this page. (That said, "Epileptic Badgergasm" – the other major hit – has got to already be a band name somewhere, right?)
Kimberly Belcher said,
February 8, 2010 @ 1:22 am
It had to have happened once, right?
And it did:
http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070507.wblackink19851025/BNStory/ConradBlack/home
"It is a gross indignity to gelatinize the premature termination of life by depriving it of its moral and, for most people, spiritual character…."
Great stuff.
Rubrick said,
February 8, 2010 @ 4:38 am
I think in Kimberly's example, the actual error was that "by" should have been "thereby", preceded by a comma.
Colin said,
February 8, 2010 @ 4:56 am
Comment following Black's column: "Obviously Conrad is a misunderstood man."
marie-lucie said,
February 8, 2010 @ 8:45 am
I was surprised that Conrad Black should be writing a column in a business magazine from his prison cell, but the piece was written in 1985.
I don't think I had ever read him before: he writes in a rather ponderous style, with a large, Victorianesque vocabulary ("condign"?). But one thing struck me particularly: the "premeditated murderer". How else to describe a person guilty of premeditated murder, except by adding a nominalizing, agentive suffix to the entire phrase?
Stan Carey said,
February 8, 2010 @ 10:19 am
Sufferin' suffix stash!
Cameron said,
February 8, 2010 @ 1:01 pm
I wonder if the cartoonist was inspired to some extent by the widespread exposure of the word "badgertastic" in the sleep-talking blog.
mollymooly said,
February 8, 2010 @ 1:27 pm
"Wafflesque" and "frockward" remind me that "pancakewards" is in the OED.
Joan said,
February 9, 2010 @ 4:21 am
Badgergasm?
Why, http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/badgers/ of course.
Shroomtastic!
uberVU - social comments said,
February 9, 2010 @ 1:54 pm
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Will said,
February 12, 2010 @ 7:05 pm
I disunderstand. Oh well, I was never the sharpest tool on the block anyway.
Black Yoshi said,
February 13, 2010 @ 3:35 am
And/or is there a more appropriate place for me to put these comments…
:/