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Dec. 20th, 2007 12:48 pm
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Looking over the list of suggested words to add to Merriam-Webster (the one which officially created "w00t"), I arrived at one question:

Why the hell isn't quixotic already in there? For Cervantes' sake, it's in The Devil's Dictionary!
QUIXOTIC, adj. Absurdly chivalric, like Don Quixote. An insight into the beauty and excellence of this incomparable adjective is unhappily denied to him who has the misfortune to know that the gentleman's name is pronounced Ke-ho-tay.
When ignorance from out of our lives can banish
Philology, 'tis folly to know Spanish.

-Juan Smith


Meriam-Webster: 100 years too late, or just useless as a dictionary?

Bootiliciously yours,
Fancycwabs.

EDIT: Apparently "quixotic" and several other words on the list are already in said dictionary, and the list I consulted was nominees for "word of the year." Stupid word of the year should always be motherfucker.

Re: Abrose Bierce FTWW!

Date: 2007-12-20 07:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fancycwabs.livejournal.com
I don't know if I feel comfortable with someone who actually liked Vanilla Sky reading my LiveJournal. How much did you get paid to watch that movie, again?

Re: Abrose Bierce FTWW!

Date: 2007-12-20 07:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fancycwabs.livejournal.com
I just couldn't get behind a really talky movie with the moral "if you can't be beautiful, you should kill yourself."

Re: Abrose Bierce FTWW!

Date: 2007-12-20 07:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fancycwabs.livejournal.com
Laughing My Christmas Card?

Llamas May Chew Cud?

Lord, My Crotch Critters!

Re: Abrose Bierce FTWW!

Date: 2007-12-20 07:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] resk.livejournal.com
Laugh Matrix Central Central!


/LMC Kerouacronymed
//Good guesses!
///Llamas May Chew Cud for the Near Miss

Re: Abrose Bierce FTWW!

Date: 2007-12-20 07:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nicedream-demo.livejournal.com
Ah. I, on the other hand, am completely behind it. You know, since we all interpret movies the same way.

Re: Abrose Bierce FTWW!

Date: 2007-12-20 07:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fancycwabs.livejournal.com
You just like Tom Cruise.

(Hi! Just in case you're reading this wrong, I tend to be REALLY sarcastic most of the time. Almost everything I say is meant in jest, although I seriously do hate Vanilla Sky.)

Re: Abrose Bierce FTWW!

Date: 2007-12-20 07:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nicedream-demo.livejournal.com
I actually normally really DON'T like Tom Cruise. Or Cameron Crowe. Or Cameron Diaz. Which is why I was shocked that I enjoyed Vanilla Sky!

I also am relatively unfamiliar with sarcasm, thus misinterpreting text based comments all of the time.

Re: Abrose Bierce FTWW!

Date: 2007-12-20 07:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fancycwabs.livejournal.com
It must be Penelope Cruz, then.

Re: Abrose Bierce FTWW!

Date: 2007-12-20 07:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nicedream-demo.livejournal.com
Penelope Cruz + her 4 inch tall face = movie masterpiece

Re: Abrose Bierce FTWW!

Date: 2007-12-20 07:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] annicat.livejournal.com
i just snorted in my cube. that was evilly funneh.

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