09.21.07
Backups
Looking through backups can be a dangerous (though sometimes enlightening) experience. I found the following text file today…apparently at some point I took it upon myself to define some words and phrases that I commonly use, in the way that I actually mean them, not what other people interpret them as. This is at least a couple years old, though most of the definitions remain more or less accurate. I’ve polished and edited it slightly to make it suitable for posting. I’d forgotten writing it so I found it slightly amusing. Also I seem to have been unable to decide if I wanted to write in the first or third person. Enjoy.
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deal: Verb. able to cope with. Often interpreted as meaning barely tolerable by mere mortals–to a Matt, this generally means he is perfectly happy with the situation.
Disgusting: Often “very gross”, i.e. “that is so disgusting even I didn’t think of it”. Also used as an adverb in a most superlative sense, i.e. “he is disgustingly [i.e. very very very] good at Ultimate Frisbee”
Hate: Used very loosely. Unmodified, it is used to indicate general dislike for a person, place, object, or way of thinking. Greater degrees of dislike are indicated by the modifiers of the word.
phrases:
“wow, your life sucks!”: I feel bad for you. I wish I could do something to help.
“I don’t like you anymore”: I will pretend to be offended by your remark for the next 2 seconds.
“Go away”: Go away for two seconds, then please come back, or else I’ll be lonely.
“Go away!” (grouchy voice): Leave me alone or I’ll bite your head off, or start crying. Or both.
Leave me alone! (grouchy voice): See “Go away! (grouchy voice)”
“I’m hungry” : I’m hungry. Feed me or I’ll keep whining about how hungry I am.
“I’m not hungry”: I’m not hungry enough to eat that particular food yet
“that’s stupid”: “I don’t understand that.” Sometimes stupid may be modified by other words–in such a form, it generally indicates distaste for something. The degree of the modifiers generally indicates the degree of distaste.
guttural noises:
“meh”: often “whatever”. Sometimes used to both acknowledge that the speaker has been heard, and to indicate that the Matt’s response to their comments is “whatever”. Also used by a Matt when he doesn’t have anything intelligent to say. Obviously, “meh” is a frequently heard noise.
“mrreeeh”: Sound of annoyance. In some cases may may mean “remove yourself from my presence.
“MMMMM!!! GGGRRRRHHHH!!!”: I just really hurt myself, but the presence of other people precludes me saying the words I usually say in this situation.
“hmph!”: Sound of annoyance or disgust. Sometimes used to indicate surprise.
Heather said,
09.24.07 at 7:53 pm
Ha. I could have written that myself. :p
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