hackthis_archive ([personal profile] hackthis_archive) wrote2006-10-26 02:55 pm

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It's come to my attention today that fandom is such a fantastic teaching tool, that it has single handedly decreased increased my IQ by at least 20 points. I mean there are all kinds of words that I've learned here that I'd never have learned anywhere else. Words like: 'craptastic' and 'woobie' and 'pron' and and 'dicksmack' and 'syphilitic whoremonger' are among my favorites, which then begs the question, what words has fandom taught you that you didn't know before?

Bat-shit insane?

Clex?

Asshat?

Tinhat? <-- Now there is a great word.

Slash? <-- That was my first fandom word. *sniff*

Tell me. And while you're at it, also tell me how to pronounce your user name, because I saw someone else doing this somewhere and I was learning all kinds of pronunciations that I never would've come up with. For example [livejournal.com profile] hackthis is pronounced Ari. Are-ree. No, really, it's pronounced 'hack- this', not 'hackth-is'.


ETA: [livejournal.com profile] yuletide LIVES! I am going to sign up just as soon as I figure out all the fandoms I'm willing to suffer an aneurysm for. Newbies here's a quick FAQ for you lot. Old heads, get to it.

If you punk out I have a .45 and a shovel. Seriously though, if you think you're not going to be able to do it, don't sign up and leave somebody else without, because that's just fucked up and wrong. The spirit of yuletide is not to sign up on a maybe, it's to sign up with a definite intention of following through and giving to someone else. If you're a really generous soul though and are willing to clean up someone else's fuck ups, [livejournal.com profile] yuletide always tends to need pinch hitters too.

Oh my god, the fandoms you lot come up with are priceless. *goes back to perusing list*
ext_2524: do what you like (jake gyllenhaal loser)

[identity profile] slodwick.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Squee, snark, fap, wank, adorkable.

Also, my username is "slod" (rhymes with "cod") "wick" (like in a candle).

[identity profile] avid-slacker.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Wincest, drabble, slash, flist.

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
What is a 'fap'? I do know adorkable = slodcakes!

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, slash. The first fandom word I ever learned!

[identity profile] ethrosdemon.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
STFU, wtf, chan, lemon, yaoi.
I think most of mine are porn-related?

Also, my fl is jacked and is not displaying usernames, but I still knew it was you by your icon.

Aw!

God, I feel like utter shit. I am going to eat and maybe kill myself. See you in Slytherhell.
ext_2524: do what you like (burgandy)

I! Am! So! Cute!

[identity profile] slodwick.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
ext_2524: do what you like (nemesis)

[identity profile] slodwick.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
chan and yaoi!

OH FANDOM!
aurora: (SGA JohnRodney We)

[personal profile] aurora 2006-10-26 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
mrpeg, rps, wank (in the a non-sexual context :D), flame/shipper wars, (anonymous hate) memes, comment fic, ZOMG, omgwtf'insertsomethingfandomspecifichere', eg polarbear.

LJ was my first foray into fandom - I was such a n00b (ha, another one!) when I first got my journal: 'wait, they write x-rated fic about REAL PEOPLE!!?' =))

Re: I! Am! So! Cute!

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I wish you could see the expression on my face, because there's no way for me to describe it.

[identity profile] ethrosdemon.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I think I came to fandom with all the variations on crack. However, I probably never used the word disingenuous or Godwin's Law.

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Everythin about you is porn related. Unless it's wank related. I know how you do. Everybody knows Ari. I'm in the Ari-business.

Re: I! Am! So! Cute!

[identity profile] ethrosdemon.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
What is wrong with Japanese people?

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I love 'disingenuous'. Did you know that? It's just so descriptive. Like scandalous. And vituperative. And pithy. And corrosive and creosote. Okay, I have to stop before I go into some sort of word porn stroke.

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
HAHAHAHAHAHA!

[identity profile] ethrosdemon.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought your favorite words were "nondisclosure clause," Ari.

[identity profile] supergrover24.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Squick. pwn. felch (man, i can't believe i didn't know that one.)
ext_2524: do what you like (5e: leeloo & chicken)

Re: I! Am! So! Cute!

[identity profile] slodwick.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
heeeeheehee

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
No, George, it's a nondisclosure agreement -- a clause isn't going to do shit for you when the Scientologists come calling.

And that is why I am in charge.

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
It took me forever to get with pwn. Even now it just makes me think somebody doesn't know hot to spell whatever they're trying to say, which is really rich coming from *me*.

[identity profile] ethrosdemon.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Wait, who said you were in charge?
ext_3190: Red icon with logo "I drink Nozz-a-la- Cola" in cursive. (DT: sneetch)

[identity profile] primroseburrows.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
t00b and w00bie, which are wonderful words I use in nonfandom context. People get w00bie. Not so much t00b, because it's indefinable.

Also, did you know tinhat (orig. tin hat) has a nonfandom source? It's what a WWI soldier called his helmet. [/useless trivia]

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
You did, George, the day you signed with me. What's wrong, didn't get the memo? Too busy with St Bradley?
ext_10275: (random - solar system friends cut)

[identity profile] aphelant.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Basically, I knew nothing, NOTHING, when I came to fandom. I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH.

My name? Er. 'a' as in acorn, 'phel' as in full, 'ant' as in...british aunt as opposed to ant like an insect.

AHAHAHA THAT MAKES NO SENSE BUT IT IS TRUUUUUUE.

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Also, did you know tinhat (orig. tin hat) has a nonfandom source? It's what a WWI soldier called his helmet. [/useless trivia]

Really?! You guys totally make me smarter every day!

Also, I never understand 'toob' since most netspeak escapes me on purpose. I just see it and think 'tool'.
ext_3190: Red icon with logo "I drink Nozz-a-la- Cola" in cursive. (typing)

[identity profile] primroseburrows.livejournal.com 2006-10-26 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess I shouldn't even mention verisimilitude. Might give you paroxysms. Which is also a great word.

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