Re: Pietenpol-List: off topic: new words in the vernacular
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 1:14 pm
Original Posted By: Jim Markle
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: off topic: new words in the vernacularIts is official now today, and according to Oscar, April 14, 2010 is officially and universally accepted as "A day that will live in infamy" Go forth and Markle, the sermon is ended.Thanks be to Oscar!JohnIn a message dated 4/14/2010 1:02:28 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, taildrags(at)hotmail.com writes:--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Oscar Zuniga Well, well. In my lifetime I've seen some interestingchanges in word usage and creation, but it seems likelately new words are being created almost every week.The one I really liked, from a few years ago, was theword "plutoed". When scientists changed their mindabout Pluto being an actual planet in our solar system,with the stroke of a pen they "plutoed" Pluto and theword caught some popular fancy as referring to havingyour rank stripped or being tossed out in the cold.So today another word has been created, right here onthe Piet list: "Markled". As in lifted, pilfered, or"reassigned to a new hangar" (mine instead of yours ;o).I like it. Just ask my hangar-mate Randy Stout...I've markled his tools for years now, claiming thatI can't tell the difference between his Craftsmansockets and combination wrenches and mine so I sometimesend up with his stuff in my toolbox. Never the otherway around, though. He hasn't learned how to markleyet, I guess...do not archiveOscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:07:57 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: off topic: new words in the vernacularIts is official now today, and according to Oscar, April 14, 2010 is officially and universally accepted as "A day that will live in infamy" Go forth and Markle, the sermon is ended.Thanks be to Oscar!JohnIn a message dated 4/14/2010 1:02:28 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, taildrags(at)hotmail.com writes:--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Oscar Zuniga Well, well. In my lifetime I've seen some interestingchanges in word usage and creation, but it seems likelately new words are being created almost every week.The one I really liked, from a few years ago, was theword "plutoed". When scientists changed their mindabout Pluto being an actual planet in our solar system,with the stroke of a pen they "plutoed" Pluto and theword caught some popular fancy as referring to havingyour rank stripped or being tossed out in the cold.So today another word has been created, right here onthe Piet list: "Markled". As in lifted, pilfered, or"reassigned to a new hangar" (mine instead of yours ;o).I like it. Just ask my hangar-mate Randy Stout...I've markled his tools for years now, claiming thatI can't tell the difference between his Craftsmansockets and combination wrenches and mine so I sometimesend up with his stuff in my toolbox. Never the otherway around, though. He hasn't learned how to markleyet, I guess...do not archiveOscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:07:57 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
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