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flea - May 05, 2014 1:52:41 pm PDT #26891 of 30000
information libertarian

Huh, I thought "dork" was slang for penis. (Is that an anti-male slur?)

flea - May 05, 2014 1:54:19 pm PDT #26892 of 30000
information libertarian

And in "I love Google" news, there's an Armenian-American scientist whose first name is "Dork." That's gotta be hard in high school.

Steph L. - May 05, 2014 1:54:56 pm PDT #26893 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I'm...oddly okay with calling myself a penis.

shrift - May 05, 2014 2:09:15 pm PDT #26894 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I've been working on removing stuff from my vocabulary, too. Being mindful of my language often leads me into a "wait, is that offensive?" research spiral.

javachik - May 05, 2014 2:23:12 pm PDT #26895 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Ha! Re: dork. I stopped using it because I thought someone told me it was a slur for someone with CP! Maybe I am confusing it with "spaz"???? Yes, that's what. I don't use either. So am I okay with going back to "dork"?

Steph L. - May 05, 2014 2:27:42 pm PDT #26896 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

So am I okay with going back to "dork"?

I think so!

§ ita § - May 05, 2014 2:29:11 pm PDT #26897 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm forgetting something about why you'd think to say "mental" a lot, java, aren't I?

javachik - May 05, 2014 2:31:07 pm PDT #26898 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

It's because I watched so much Ricky Gervais and his character in Extras says it all the time. I think in BBC Office it's used too. But my colleagues in Oxford say it all the time, too. I did kind of gently steer them away from it on my last visit, but they TOTALLY were caught off guard by it being considered a slur.

ETA: it was also the most used insult at Goldsmiths of fellow students

Sue - May 05, 2014 2:37:57 pm PDT #26899 of 30000
hip deep in pie

I'm looking at the Met Ball red carpet pics. [link]

It's early but I'm calling NPH and his partner for fug of the night. [link]

Amy - May 05, 2014 2:39:00 pm PDT #26900 of 30000
Because books.

Wow. That is certainly a fashion statement. And with no socks, too!

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