I could enlighten people who have misconceptions about the word "niggardly" but instead I use it solely to point out that sometimes perception trumps etymology.
Xander: Look who's got a bad case of Dark Prince envy. Dracula: Leave us. Xander: No, we're not going to "Leabbb you." And where'd you get that accent, Sesame Street? "One, Two, Three - three victims! Maw ha ha!"
'Lessons'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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Laga - Jul 10, 2011 9:05:52 pm PDT #4149 of 8625
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Polter-Cow - Jul 10, 2011 9:52:25 pm PDT #4150 of 8625
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
We're into the second season of Community. Whoever wrote the music for the space simulator episode is a genius.
Heh, yeah, that was a fun one. I'm past the halfway point of season two.
I haven't given up on "crazy" yet either.
Me neither. I'm now hyperaware of its usage, but I'm still fine with it.
billytea - Jul 10, 2011 10:01:03 pm PDT #4151 of 8625
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Request for recommendations: I have both Parks and Recreation and Community in my viewing queue. Any suggestions on which I should watch first?
Polter-Cow - Jul 10, 2011 10:16:59 pm PDT #4152 of 8625
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm doing Parks and Rec after I finish Community. So I would vote Community.
Rayne - Jul 11, 2011 12:57:28 am PDT #4153 of 8625
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
I just finished watching both and love them both equally! So yeah, I'm no help.
On a side note, Hulu has all of season 3 of Parks and Rec. We signed up for the trial of Hulu Plus so we could burn through those and then cancelled. (We wanted to watch them on the big screen on not on a computer monitor). I'm not a fan of Hulu Plus. If I'm going to pay for a service, I don't want commercials.
le nubian - Jul 11, 2011 3:55:17 am PDT #4154 of 8625
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
billytea,
I just finished both seasons of Parks and Rec and I took to it very slowly. "Community" is more my kind of humor than P&R - though P&R is funny.
P&R is closer to "The Office" (so if you like "The Office", you will probably love P&R) in format and sense of humor, but P&R has fewer people there that you HATE. Nearly everyone character on P&R, I have some affection for.
"Community" just gets me because of the layers of references and pop culture folded in. Many more visual gags, and ambition than P&R and so that's what hits my funny bone the most.
Beau laughs at P&R more than Community and truth be told, I think Community is a bit more uneven than P&R - but I still like Community more.
Community is darker in tone overall than P&R - in case that makes a difference.
§ ita § - Jul 11, 2011 4:30:01 am PDT #4155 of 8625
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The etymology of niggardly is concrete. The same cannot be said for gyp, by a long shot.
le nubian - Jul 11, 2011 4:31:46 am PDT #4156 of 8625
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I still get a little uncomfortable when people intentionally use "niggardly" to be dickish. There are other words in the English language that are synonyms, I don't think it is a problem to use them.
Steph L. - Jul 11, 2011 5:00:28 am PDT #4157 of 8625
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The same cannot be said for gyp, by a long shot.
I was wondering if there was an etymology of "gyp" that wasn't painfully racist. Do all lexicons have the "you misunderstand" etymology that Hec cited, or just that one dictionary that he cited?
This sounds like a job for erinaceous.
(Also, I am trying SO HARD to stop using "crazy," and I fail so badly. But I keep trying. Gah.)
Gris - Jul 11, 2011 5:05:57 am PDT #4158 of 8625
Hey. New board.
*blink* When did we decide to stop using "crazy"? And in what context? The word is used in so many different ways in modern vernacular, everything from "that was crazy awesome!" to "dancing it up like crazy" (which I literally heard on the Today show as I was writing this).