Words with Friends wouldn't let me play "slut." I'm a bit offended.
Words with Friends has denied other mildly off-color words for me. It's a little prudish.
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
'Shindig'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
aurelia - Apr 08, 2011 1:06:26 pm PDT #2379 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
§ ita § - Apr 08, 2011 1:19:25 pm PDT #2380 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I checked their word list, and it's on there, but they say they don't allow offensive words. I know it was blocking something else for me I was sure was a word, and I guess that was it too.
Strix - Apr 08, 2011 1:41:51 pm PDT #2381 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Hmph. Words with friends does not know their etymology very well, because slut only came to mean a promiscuous woman fiarly recently.
For centuries, it meant a slovenly woman, usually in a housekeeping or an appearance contest. That's why an old term for dust bunnies is "slut's wool."
msbelle - Apr 08, 2011 1:42:42 pm PDT #2382 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
and Cinderella was once Cinderslut!
Calli - Apr 08, 2011 1:47:49 pm PDT #2383 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
and Cinderella was once Cinderslut!
I bet there's porn where she still is.
sarameg - Apr 08, 2011 1:48:39 pm PDT #2384 of 30001
My mother is a Marcia, pronounced Marsha.
Oy, two 8 year olds in the livingroom. One will be going home soon.
Lee - Apr 08, 2011 1:55:38 pm PDT #2385 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
My mother is a Marcia, pronounced Marsha.
Mine too, unless you are my father, and then it's Marsher
Sheryl - Apr 08, 2011 2:08:00 pm PDT #2386 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
It's raining, I still don't know my work status, and I'm tired. At least it's Friday.
Liese S. - Apr 08, 2011 2:12:14 pm PDT #2387 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Okay, if I finish processing these checks, I can go lie down and watch hockey. And, you know, have the money from the checks. C'mon motivation, this is the only thing I've asked of you all day. And I already broke the task up into smaller chunks and rewarded with ice cream halfway through.
Hmm. Now that I look at that, I see perhaps there was a small flaw in my motivational strategy.
Scrappy - Apr 08, 2011 2:30:21 pm PDT #2388 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Parents, Go Figure: The Phone Call.
So, my mom calls me at work from Virginia and this is the entire conversation:
Mom: I know you're at work, but this is a business call. I need your help with something important.
Me: Okay. What's up?
Mom: (mumbling in background) I'm at Lorraine's (Note: a friend of hers who I have not seen in 30 years). Now, how do you get to Pasadena?
Me: How do I--Well, the 134, I think.
Mom: So, when you drive that way (more mumbling)do you pass Eagle Rock?
Me: No, but I have been by Eagle Rock.
Mom: I THOUGHT so! (very excited mumbling)
Me: Why?
Mom: Lorraine's granddaughter lives there!
Me: Oh.
Mom: Well, just wanted to check. I'll let you get back to work.