Wait, what? How is "ankle" even a verb?
I like books. I just don't want to take on too much. Do they have an introduction to the modern blurb?
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Steph L. - Dec 15, 2009 11:34:50 am PST #3784 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
tommyrot - Dec 15, 2009 11:37:37 am PST #3785 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Best use of "monetize " evah?
Eugene Mirman Asks Pressing Questions For CNN/YouTube Climate Change Debate (VIDEO)
Mirman went beyond asking questions and even offered creative suggestions, like, "Maybe what we should do is figure out a way to monetize the amount of times people are called 'fag' in comments on YouTube, and then we use that money to stop global warming."
-t - Dec 15, 2009 11:37:55 am PST #3786 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Variety speak doesn't bother as long as it's in Variety. Business speak bugs because it oozes out into everyday conversation that was getting along fine without it.
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2009 11:39:38 am PST #3787 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How is "ankle" as a verb playful?
Through the power of synechdoche
I'd accuse you of showing off, but you spelt synecdoche wrong.
Wait, what? How is "ankle" even a verb?
Ankle: a classic (and enduring) Variety term meaning to quit or be dismissed from a job, without necessarily specifying which; instead, it suggests walking; "Alan Smithee has ankled his post as production prexy at U."
Scrappy - Dec 15, 2009 11:40:28 am PST #3788 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Variety slanguage. They coined the phrase "sex appeal." I also like "skein" to refer to a series--as it works off a yarn being a story. [link]
And ankle is playful because it's a made up term which compresses "walk away from" into one unexpected but apt word.
Laga - Dec 15, 2009 11:44:36 am PST #3789 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
hoof was doing perfectly well in that regard. I suppose celebs didn't take to being compared to ungulates.
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2009 11:45:21 am PST #3790 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think of it as any more playful than computer speak. Which I suppose could be considered that way. I just look at it pragmatically. But part of any slang is a defense against outsiders, I believe, and Variety-speak always seemed more associated with the publication than with the whole industry to me. A bias in how I came at it.
erikaj - Dec 15, 2009 11:52:37 am PST #3791 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Kinda cool, but madonn', a little would go a long way(And how is a one-hander NOT something one likes to masturbate to...I know they're thinking like "Talk Radio", but still.)
DavidS - Dec 15, 2009 11:59:49 am PST #3792 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'd accuse you of showing off, but you spelt synecdoche wrong.
Once again incompetence prevents me from being a show off.
EpicTangent - Dec 15, 2009 12:05:22 pm PST #3793 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I also like "skein" to refer to a series--as it works off a yarn being a story.
This one I like. Reminds me of "so many issues I need a magazine rack" or "I don't have issues I have a subscription" sorta usage.