Posted on 08/24/2006 9:32:06 AM PDT by batter
Edited on 08/24/2006 9:51:10 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Every once in a while I see Freeper lingo I don't understand and have to research to figure out the meaning/background.
Today, I thought it would be helpful for newbies (and 'seasoned' Freepers) to have a 'reference' for the lingo specifically related to FR (ie not stuff like LOL etc you can get everywhere else).
My intention is for this thread (and my profile page) to be that reference, in as much as it can be kept reasonably up to date.
I've just started to compile the terms today, so I'm sure there are massive gaps and omissions in the definitions/histories. Please fill them in!
Here's what I have right now:
IBTZ - In Before The Zot - term posted before the troll/disrupter gets booted
Zot - verb, to get kicked off FR in an undignified manner
Mod comment: See Coop's post #52 for correct definition of "Zot"
beeber (beeber like object) - see the thread that started it all: Would like freeper help (apologies to al baby)
stuned - misspelling of stunned - see beeber
hugh - misspelling of huge posted on a thread by an excited freeper.
series - misspelling of serious posted on a thread by an excited freeper.
BIOYAC - Texan freepism - Blow It Out Your A**, Cowboy
shower pictures - from an excited freeper saying they just got out of the shower on a breaking news thread about a possible terror event (it was determined the event was not terror related).
DUmmie (anything DU---) - Democratic Underground troll/disruptor
cowbell pictures - ??
ziggy - ??
spork weasel - ??
She's kinda pregnant for a guy.
I did a search and came up with this from Wikipediaforwhatitsworth:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonbat
Moonbat is a political epithet popular in the conservative and libertarian regions of the blogosphere (but not limited to it) used as a label for certain individuals on the far left (such as Noam Chomsky). The term is not a general epithet for those who disagree with the Bush administration's approach to the War on Terror, nor is it a purely American oriented term, but rather a term used against people who construct elaborate conspiracy theories ("9/11 was an inside job of the Bush administration") to explain the world. "Moonbat" is similar to the epithet Idiotarian and like that term can also be applied to people anywhere on the political spectrum (for example both terms have been used to describe US conservative Pat Buchanan).
The phrase was popularized in 2002 by Perry de Havilland of Samizdata, a libertarian blog. The term was originally rendered as 'Barking Moonbat', suggesting that certain issues seem to trigger a reflexive response from some people much like wolves howl at the moon (i.e. the term evokes the traditional association between the moon and insanity). According to de Havilland, a moonbat is "someone on the extreme edge of whatever their -ism happens to be". Adriana Cronin-Lukas defines the term as "someone who sacrifices sanity for the sake of consistency". This term has long been used to describe protesters on the political Left, but was originally coined to also describe commentators on the political Right as well as certain libertarians.
Contrary to some speculation, de Havilland has stated it was not originally a play on the last name of George Monbiot, a columnist for The Guardian, regardless of the fact he and Mr. Monbiot have appeared on the BBC together expressing politically opposed views.
Lately the term has come into wider use appearing in political cartoons, political forums, and blogs, oftentimes as "moonbat crazy". Howie Carr uses the term regularly, both on the air, and in his Boston Herald columns.[1]
Marking for later read. Hilarous posts, FReepers!
Don't forget DITHF
Or classygreeneyedblonde?
Another one is "Am I logged on?" or "Are you logged on?" The first was someones vanity one time to see if they could post. The answer was obvious and he caught a ration. Now, if someone starts with the inane statements they are asked if they are logged on.
It's been a while since I've seen that one in any context. What's the meaning/history (I can't remember).
Not sure if Qidam's name had a 'u' in it. He was kind of spooky. Prolly a spook.
Numb!! Got to go to work. Hate working afternoons!!!!
It's been a while since anyone posted from FReeper Island, too. :)
Later he says, "I've got an infection, and the only cure is . . . more cowbell." The music keeps beefing up the cowbell in the song with each interruption.
So, the Freeper joke is that, especially in Iraq, everyone thought they "knew" what we needed to do there. "What we need to do is . . . ."
That was satirized by some of us who think the military is, after all, competent by saying "What we need is more cowbell." Then someone posted a pic---although I don't know who it is in the pic.
yitbos.
That's the one.
I posted in haste, sir. I stand corrected.
Do you remember how? Didn't it have something to do with clusters or ribbons and what went with what?
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