Terminology
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Lifecrafter
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written Saturday, December 9 2006 12:17
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So here's the deal. Two words were invented that I am now trying to promote and get accepted into colloquial English. They are: 'to dalt' (verb) To posess an extreme magnitude of an implied quality or trait, esp. difficulty, happiness derived from, or undesirability. (adj.) dalting. NOTE: No existing past tense. As in: "Man, this awful homework is totally going to dalt." or "That ice cream was delicious! It was totally daltin'!" '(the) balls' (adj.) See 'DALTING/TO DALT'. NOTE: Although 'balls' and 'the balls' can be synonymous, simply 'balls' often has a negative connotation. As in: "Emily, you're so cool. You're totally the balls." or "Man, that new scenario was completely balls. It was written poorly and was too buggy." If anyone is wondering about the etymology of these words, John Dalton was the chemist who postulated the first significant model of the atom, which was essentially a solid ball of matter. For a Chemistry test, we remembered Dalton's accomplishment with the phrase "Dalton was the balls," which yielded the adjectives "balls" and "the balls." Then things started being called "Dalton" (as in, "I'm so cool, I'm totally dalton") since Dalton was, after all, synonymous with "the balls." "Dalton" sounded like "daltin'", which looked like a form of the then-nonexistent adjective "dalting." Naturally, "dalting" had to have a verb form, and thus "to dalt" was evolved. So it's not as perverted as you think it is. Try saying it. Tell someone you love that they're "the balls" or "totally daltin'." See how easy it rolls off the tongue? [ Saturday, December 09, 2006 20:19: Message edited by: Robinator, #034 ] -------------------- Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. 'Spiderweb Software' anagrammmed: 'Word-bereft A**wipe' Posts: 702 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Saturday, December 9 2006 13:20
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But many people pronounce -ing endings with a velar nasal, not an alveolar one! And anyway, lots of people like to make up words. Why are yours special? And there are already a plethora of words that have the same meaning as your proposed neologisms, usually varying by region (e.g. "hella" in parts of the west coast of the US, "mad" in NYC, "wicked" in Massachusetts, etc). Who needs more of them? -------------------- 5.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.0... Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Saturday, December 9 2006 13:41
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quote:Are you trying to introduce 'wass' to the English language, too? Posts: 587 | Registered: Tuesday, April 1 2003 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, December 9 2006 17:42
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You haven't used the verb dalt at all. You just use the adjective. —Alorael, who is firmly convinced that your new words dalt. Vigorously. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Saturday, December 9 2006 20:20
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Just trying to spread the joy. Sounds like something pedants and sticklers for correctness could use a little more of. -------------------- Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. 'Spiderweb Software' anagrammmed: 'Word-bereft A**wipe' Posts: 702 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Sunday, December 10 2006 00:42
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The forum member's interest in language always suprises me. -------------------- The Knight Between Posts. Posts: 2395 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Sunday, December 10 2006 02:12
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This is a forum concerning games whose events and settings are almost entirely described with passages of text. The forum members' interest in language shouldn't be much of a surprise. Posts: 137 | Registered: Saturday, January 5 2002 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Sunday, December 10 2006 10:09
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I think the definitions could be improved somewhat. Anyway, these new 'dalt' words seem to fit in the category of exceedingly general words that can be used in just about any situation. As nifty as those words can be, using them is awfully lazy for your mind. That ice cream is so totally, uh, what's that word... uh, whatever. It's daltin'. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Sunday, December 10 2006 14:46
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quote:Why do you think we do it if not to bring ourselves joy? :D The sentiment is appreciated, though, if perhaps not the method. -------------------- 5.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.0... Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |