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[almosNSFW]Words That Have Lost Their True Meaning

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wishbones
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada2600 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-18 18:59:41
January 18 2010 17:50 GMT
#1
What ever happened to the true meanings of words in the real world? I mean, when you hear the word, Boxer, what comes to mind these days? Is it this guy + Show Spoiler +
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, or this guy + Show Spoiler +
[image loading]
? What I think is that this guy most definitely comes to mind, + Show Spoiler +
[image loading]
. Not only does boxer have new meaning in life, but also flash. It used to mean this + Show Spoiler +
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, or this, + Show Spoiler +
[image loading]
, but now a days, it just means this guy + Show Spoiler +
[image loading]
.

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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24701 Posts
January 18 2010 17:53 GMT
#2
Haha funny. I'm sure you are aware that this doesn't apply for these words for about 98% of the population.
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Alur
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Denmark3900 Posts
January 18 2010 17:59 GMT
#3
I think that's a generous estimate tbh.
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Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
January 18 2010 18:06 GMT
#4
It obviously depends on the context.
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9104 Posts
January 18 2010 18:25 GMT
#5
c'mon people, use your sense of humor please.
Whiplash
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States2928 Posts
January 18 2010 18:36 GMT
#6
Both (T)BoxeR and (T)Flash's images seem to not be working
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wishbones
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada2600 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-18 19:00:35
January 18 2010 18:53 GMT
#7
yeah wtf... as if the pics just happen to be removed on the day i post this random blog. Lol thats sc timing for ya. And i dont even get a re, this is cheese!

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TryThis
Profile Joined February 2007
Canada1522 Posts
January 18 2010 20:02 GMT
#8
thankfully works like Bisu and jeadong dont come up too often in conversation with most of my friends
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Flicky
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
England2663 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-18 20:31:31
January 18 2010 20:29 GMT
#9
"I have a boxer"
"He's a boxer"
"I love watching Boxer"

I can't imagine any instance of me mixing these three words up.

Also, the other two kinds of Flash are both verbs making these really... wrong.
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Scorch
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Austria3371 Posts
January 18 2010 21:43 GMT
#10
It can happen when every progamer and their mother chooses a random English word as their nick. Stork, Movie, Shine, Violet, Luxury, Tempest, Mind, Free, Action, Baby etc.
REDBLUEGREEN
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Germany1904 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-18 22:37:37
January 18 2010 22:35 GMT
#11
On January 19 2010 06:43 Scorch wrote:
It can happen when every progamer and their mother chooses a random English word as their nick. Stork, Movie, Shine, Violet, Luxury, Tempest, Mind, Free, Action, Baby etc.

lol i don't know if it was intentional but movies nick was indeed chosen by his mother. kind of..
huameng
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States1133 Posts
January 18 2010 23:03 GMT
#12
I am glad progamers choose random english words for their IDs, I love making puns while they play :D
skating
BraveNewWorld
Profile Joined December 2009
United States229 Posts
January 19 2010 03:51 GMT
#13
oh dear what i hate to think of ggaemo...
"who is bisu anyway" - torm3ntin (Jan. 19th, 2009)
BanZu
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3329 Posts
January 19 2010 04:02 GMT
#14
On January 19 2010 07:35 REDBLUEGREEN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2010 06:43 Scorch wrote:
It can happen when every progamer and their mother chooses a random English word as their nick. Stork, Movie, Shine, Violet, Luxury, Tempest, Mind, Free, Action, Baby etc.

lol i don't know if it was intentional but movies nick was indeed chosen by his mother. kind of..

Hm? Please elaborate!
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Deleted User 30223
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
3104 Posts
January 19 2010 04:06 GMT
#15
On January 19 2010 13:02 BanZu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2010 07:35 REDBLUEGREEN wrote:
On January 19 2010 06:43 Scorch wrote:
It can happen when every progamer and their mother chooses a random English word as their nick. Stork, Movie, Shine, Violet, Luxury, Tempest, Mind, Free, Action, Baby etc.

lol i don't know if it was intentional but movies nick was indeed chosen by his mother. kind of..

Hm? Please elaborate!


Movie's actual name is 영화 (romanized young hwa), which means movie in korean.
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-19 04:17:28
January 19 2010 04:14 GMT
#16
I'm actually pretty disturbed by what WoW and I guess video gaming in general has done to the word 'epic.' It's become a buzz word that's completely synonymous with massive/great and it means every time I use it in its original—perhaps now archaic—meaning, I have to go out of my way to say so (which ruins the efficiency of language).

I'm not against evolution of language... far from it. But I think this is devolution of language. Some words are getting less and less specific, so that they become so general you can't convey your point as efficiently to a modern audience. For someone like me who likes simple, common words, that presents a real challenge in communication (especially writing). I don't want to use obscure words you have to look up... because that will also reduce the efficiency of communication... So it's just all around lose-lose...


Anyway, sorry to get serious in a playful thread, but it's something that irks me and I had to say it lol.
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d3_crescentia
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4054 Posts
January 19 2010 14:20 GMT
#17
On January 19 2010 13:14 Chef wrote:
I'm actually pretty disturbed by what WoW and I guess video gaming in general has done to the word 'epic.' It's become a buzz word that's completely synonymous with massive/great and it means every time I use it in its original—perhaps now archaic—meaning, I have to go out of my way to say so (which ruins the efficiency of language).

I'm not against evolution of language... far from it. But I think this is devolution of language. Some words are getting less and less specific, so that they become so general you can't convey your point as efficiently to a modern audience. For someone like me who likes simple, common words, that presents a real challenge in communication (especially writing). I don't want to use obscure words you have to look up... because that will also reduce the efficiency of communication... So it's just all around lose-lose...


Anyway, sorry to get serious in a playful thread, but it's something that irks me and I had to say it lol.

Blame 4chan and its explosion in popularity first. The words 'epic,' 'legendary,' 'fail' and 'win' are those that have become transmuted into shadows of themselves.
once, not long ago, there was a moon here
Salv
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Canada3083 Posts
January 19 2010 17:26 GMT
#18
On January 19 2010 02:53 micronesia wrote:
Haha funny. I'm sure you are aware that this doesn't apply for these words for about 98% of the population.


More like 99.998 lmao
gyth
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
657 Posts
January 19 2010 19:42 GMT
#19
"He's a boxer"

Is that someone who packs boxes all day?
The plural of anecdote is not data.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24701 Posts
January 19 2010 22:40 GMT
#20
On January 20 2010 02:26 Salv wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2010 02:53 micronesia wrote:
Haha funny. I'm sure you are aware that this doesn't apply for these words for about 98% of the population.


More like 99.998 lmao

Technically true but what I said was intended to focus on smooth delivery rather than specifically accurate content.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
Salv
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Canada3083 Posts
January 19 2010 23:21 GMT
#21
On January 20 2010 07:40 micronesia wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 20 2010 02:26 Salv wrote:
On January 19 2010 02:53 micronesia wrote:
Haha funny. I'm sure you are aware that this doesn't apply for these words for about 98% of the population.


More like 99.998 lmao

Technically true but what I said was intended to focus on smooth delivery rather than specifically accurate content.


Really? That's out of character for you.
Slaughter
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
United States20254 Posts
January 20 2010 00:06 GMT
#22
Starcraft has made it where the word Yellow will always be synonymous with my favorite progamer ever. STORM ZERG!
Never Knows Best.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24701 Posts
January 20 2010 00:54 GMT
#23
On January 20 2010 08:21 Salv wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 20 2010 07:40 micronesia wrote:
On January 20 2010 02:26 Salv wrote:
On January 19 2010 02:53 micronesia wrote:
Haha funny. I'm sure you are aware that this doesn't apply for these words for about 98% of the population.


More like 99.998 lmao

Technically true but what I said was intended to focus on smooth delivery rather than specifically accurate content.


Really? That's out of character for you.

I learned!
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
Friloux
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada100 Posts
January 20 2010 03:59 GMT
#24
Effort!
gets me every time
"Practise what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know." -Rembrandt van Rijn
Waffles
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Romania605 Posts
January 20 2010 06:33 GMT
#25
tbh its better than having ids such as

aznnaruto97856
aznnaruto92
aznnaruto01
aznnaruto44545


or

xxaznboi633xx
xxaznboi44444xx
xxaznboi76777xx
AtlaS
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States1001 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-20 07:29:07
January 20 2010 07:28 GMT
#26
Personally I think this + Show Spoiler +
[image loading]
would come to mind before the picture of the camera but that's just me.

But yeah... a picture of a korean will always come to mind when I hear those words. (T)fantasy, (T)BoxeR, (T)Mind, (T)Flash, (Z)EffOrt...honestly, there is just too many to name. Even when I hear about go-go dancers, I'm going to think about (T)go.go before I think about hot chicks.
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Loanshark
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
China3094 Posts
January 20 2010 10:27 GMT
#27
Korean programers need to stop using random English words as their names.
No dough, no go. And no mercy.
29 fps
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States5724 Posts
January 20 2010 10:36 GMT
#28
sometimes it's not random. like movie.
4v4 is a battle of who has the better computer.
DreaM)XeRO
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Korea (South)4667 Posts
January 20 2010 23:36 GMT
#29
lol. cute
but our def of "boxer" and "flash" dont apply to the majority of the US
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