I personally find "spazz" inoffensive -- I think of it as a mild insult on about a level with dweeb or dork. That said, if it is offensive in the U.K., I would rather have a different tile for the thread. I don't think the spazz/spazzed distinction would hold much weight with someone who *was* genuinely offended by the thread title, so I'd just as soon not go there.
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A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
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Lyra Jane - Feb 25, 2004 10:34:13 am PST #6898 of 10005
Up with the sun
Wolfram - Feb 25, 2004 10:35:24 am PST #6899 of 10005
Visilurking
I think a couple of people would but they're just retamorons.
JenP - Feb 25, 2004 10:36:24 am PST #6900 of 10005
Oh never mind -- this post = not as funny as I thought.
Liese S. - Feb 25, 2004 11:38:06 am PST #6901 of 10005
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I'm all in the hey, let's err on the side of not offensive, shall we?
Which is to say, that it's one of the few terms remaining in my lexicon with offensive origin that I'm still trying to exclude. So, guilty in this corner. And hey, let's err on the side of not offensive!
How's about just 'Istanbul!'?
Wolfram - Feb 25, 2004 11:42:09 am PST #6902 of 10005
Visilurking
not Constantinople?
Aims - Feb 25, 2004 11:43:29 am PST #6903 of 10005
Shit's all sorts of different now.
It really doesn't matter to the Turks.
DebetEsse - Feb 25, 2004 11:47:47 am PST #6904 of 10005
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Hmmm
"One Quote in all the World", maybe?
Or something less heavy-handed. Hmmm
DXMachina - Feb 25, 2004 12:02:40 pm PST #6905 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
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DavidS - Feb 25, 2004 12:39:17 pm PST #6906 of 10005
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
How about substituting "pants" as in the long running LoTR thread game?
"Istanbul got Pantsed!"
Aims - Feb 25, 2004 12:51:36 pm PST #6907 of 10005
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I like "Istanbul got Spazzed." It's total context. Like "foamy" as someone brought up earlier.