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People, the National Post is reporting that we are THIS CLOSE to getting the word "Teh" in the dictionary. That's right: "Teh". Right next to "Meh" and "Truthiness." COME ON!
It's prolly all Theo's fault.
Thanks for the heads-up, The Dude!
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teh bleen?
sori.
Meh -- I'll be impressed when I see "quijibo" in teh dictionary. ;-)
No.
Just, no.
The fact that they pretend it can be used as a gerund, despite not giving a valid example doesn't help their cause. It only demonstrates that they don't know what a gerund is.
OK, I've been wondering this for a while and the CO dictionary and Google have been no help. WHAT DOES BLEEN ACTUALLY MEAN? Plz give me teh help!
Laurena - it is considered bad form to comment "First" on a website, and Theo doesn't allow it, so a while back people started saying "Bleen" instead.
I actually think "meh" probably dates back a lot longer, since it's basically a slightly more dramatic "eh". I don't know what the standard is for most, but I don't think "teh" has entered into the SPOKEN vernacular in the same way, so it's not yet ready for inclusion.
I think we'll see "aks" in the dictionary sooner than "teh." And probably "puppeh" and "kitteh" sonner still!
Still, if you asked me to vote, I'd vote "yeh" on "teh." And I blame Teho.
P.S. good one NTMTOM -- smell ya later!
i would like to see qte in there as an alternative spelling. now THAT would be nice. :)
SNORGLE
Laurena -
Be the first poster to comment in a CO thread, make sure to note that you were the 'first', and find out :D.
My favorite English language quote;
“Not only does the English language borrow words from other languages, it sometimes chases them down dark alleys, beats them over the head, and goes through their pockets”
Eddy Peters
Foiled!
Teh for teh win.
Teh Funny!!11eleventyone
I vote yes for "Teh" because then I could stop correcting it when I type "the" incorrectly.
Laurena: After Having Done my own extensive research on "the infamous "B"(bleen) word.. I believe Teho actually originally used it to edit people who tyuped FIRST on the first post. And then in a crazy bizare twist people started substituting it for First by themselves.
I could be totally misled in this assumption but then ... IT wouldn't be the first or last time I will have been wrong.
Actually the good thing about it is most people on CO do make an effort to be creative if they happen to be the one posting first.
[And nowadays... http://www.cafepress.com/puddinghockey - Ed.]
NTMTOM: Quijibo is the name of the cat of my brother & his wife! :)
I think scritch and snorgle should be next in line - snorgle's other forms (snorg) included. Teh, on the other hand, is not a word that is spoken, it's merely a common misspelling that people think is funny, so my opinion on teh? Meh.
I agree with Annie.
I vote for teh, the fact that its only written not spoken makes it even better imho.
People are so bleen.
I too blame Teho.
I love the word bleen, especially with sour cream.
Perhaps I'm a closet anarchist, because I think things like "meh" that are popularized by online communication, and decried by language purists, is hysterically funny. Go MEH! Go TEH! w00t!
"Teh" clearly belongs in Teh McWebstersons Dictionareh.
I love the fact that the article SPECIFICALLY mentions CuteOverload!! Woohoo!!!
meh...
No word is prosher than "kitteh."
Hasn't "meh" been used by Yiddish-speaking people forever? Along with "feh", hmmm?.
Oh, well, I'm much fonder of Lurkensproing myself. I ues I'm fonder of creative verbs in general.
However- it is just ducky that CO has a big-ol' mention in the article!
Please enlighten us on the meaning of 'quijibo'. Thankseversoverymuch.
I love the fact that this is from a Canadian newspaper - YAY! But boo to ending the article with a saying from (ick) Perez Hilton (ick).
That's 'guess' I'm fonder of...orry-say.
I pronounce "teh" different than "the." Doesn't everyone?
I do! I say teh, as well as write it.
And, of course, sing it.
I don't know whether to vehemently disagree or take credit.
PS -- click the link, then scroll down a little:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/merchpg2.php
quijibo comes from a Simpsons episode in the early seasons where the family was playing scrabble to help Bart improve his vocabulary prior to an important school test. Bart made up the word quijibo and claimed it meant a big dumb balding ape, thereby insulting Homer and launching yet another stranglulation.
Teh is meh. I vote for SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
so I'm not quite in on all the cuteoverload lingo ... and i don't want to be a nuffer (correct lingo?), HOWEVER, NTMTOM, I have no idea who you are... do you know what mofo stands for? what in the world made you use such a word on cuteoverload? its disgraceful and offensive.
PS: nope, i'm not some 'grandma,' i'm in my mid-20s and live in NYC.
[Mike knows. You'll note that he didn't spell it out. Point of interest: "Dork" and "Jerk" are actually quite offensive too, if you dig into the etymology. Cute Overload is PG-13, Ms. Non-Grandma... - Ed.]
smo: It ain't the first time Mofo has been used here, and yes darlin, EVERYONE and their brother knows what mofo stands for. Meg herself has used it several times.
Get over it.
[Also, MASSIVE ASSITY GLASS ASSES ASSULATING ASSIDUOUSLY! - Ed.]
Oh, and also arse.
Teh has entered my typing vocabulary, though meh has entered my speaking vocabulary.
I have also said "tie-tie" once in a while, in a futulistic manner to imply that I am just. so. tired. that I can't even roll my tongue to near the top of my mouth to pronounce the "r" in "tired" - I'm probably overanalyzing, right?
What's the origins of "mofo"? Because pretty much everyone I know has used it at some point and it's now at the rank that "pimp" was in the mid-200s...made famous by rappers and also by MTV's "Pimp My Ride" - again, the word in that context is meant less about the degradation of women (in a certain line of work) by their handlers who are cruel, slimy and abusive, but now takes on the form of a pop culture phrase.
I think it's pretty much the same with mofo. Certainly, the word it's derived from at some point was meant as a serious gesture, an insult to someone else, and a curse word. But along the way, it was popularized into pop culture. Cause "mofo" is a funny word.
Apologies! I haven't had my morning coffee! I meant "futilistic" not "futulistic" - though now that I think about it, I don't think either of them are words.
Teho, yer naughty. Naughty, naughty, naughty! Stirrin teh pot like dat. *wags finger with attempted sternness*
Speaking of the word 'dork', when I was a teen, my dad used to just LOSE it if my brother or I uttered that word. For some reason he ranked it up there with the worst of the swears and with racial slurs.
He never did explain why, and I've never gotten off my arse to look it up.
[I think it means whale wang. - Ed.]
Teh is teh icing on teh cake, and teh hair of teh dog, Tehoretically, in tehory.
(Unless mofo stands for Montana Field Officer, yes it is offensive.)
[Wouldn't that actually be MTFO? - Ed.]
Teho...well, wang apparently yes. According to the online dictionary (which I just utlized.. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dork ), prior to 1964, Dork was a variation of the d-word for the male genitalia. After 1964, it was used to describe a dull, idiotic or stupid person. Neat how words, their meaning and their usage develop and change, like CoffeeCup's explanation of the changes in the use of Pimp.
So THAT'S why my dad hated the word. Now I have this twisted desire to use it several times over the Christmas holidays.
I take teh offense at teh use of Missouri Field Officer! meh.
And we use "snorgle" in my house all teh time. w00t!!!
Whale wang is funnier. Dang.
Interestingly, the acronym for "Minnesota Field Officer" is UFFDA. I've never been able to figure that one out.
Oh, and CoffeeCup, because I had the online dictionary open, I went ahead and looked up mofo specifically. You have to use all caps to actually find it in there.
Other than the mother f-word, it also stands for Morning Formation, its a term for WWE fans of a wrestler named John Morrison, and its the name of a Psychic Gorilla in Penn and Teller's stage act.
The most common meaning behind it (that being the swear that gets everyone all up in arms), is also found in the dictionary. That term originated in North American slang, and spread to other English dialects and dates back to 1918 (so much for the moral good ol days, eh? lol)
Ed. - Oopsies, Missouri! Yes. Thanks.
Guess my Modus Operandi ain't woikin' well at teh mo'...
I bet it was working better yesterday. :rimshot:
well, in that case, i think cuteoverload is pretty gay.
Yes smo, we are a happy bunch, aren't we?
We are both pretty AND gay.
*WHEEEEE!* [frolic frolic]
Not to mention witty.