Urban dictionary

Chris Young

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Apr 18, 2013, 6:12:16 PM4/18/13

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I see (read: accidentally stumbled upon the fact that) Urban
Dictionary has definitions for "speccy" (with a lowercase "s" for some
reason), "spec-chum" and even "chuntey".

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=zx%20spectrum

I'm not sure about the definition for Commodore 64, which contains the
following line:
| In Europe, and especially England, it competed against the Sinclair
| ZX Spectrum (which was a joke of a computer that somehow managed to
| be a success)

I'm not even sure that "Commodore 64" warrants an entry in the urban
dictionary, which I thought existed purely for street slang an' what
the kids are saying an' that, yeah?

Chris

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Brian Gaff

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Apr 19, 2013, 4:50:57 AM4/19/13

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Yes it should say Commode instead as I can recall a picture in a Speccy mag
with a Commodore Pet on a toilet basin.

Brian

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dott.Piergiorgio

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Apr 19, 2013, 8:12:31 AM4/19/13

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Il 19/04/2013 00:12, Chris Young ha scritto:
> I see (read: accidentally stumbled upon the fact that) Urban
> Dictionary has definitions for "speccy" (with a lowercase "s" for some
> reason), "spec-chum" and even "chuntey".
>
> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=zx%20spectrum
>
> I'm not sure about the definition for Commodore 64, which contains the
> following line:
> | In Europe, and especially England, it competed against the Sinclair
> | ZX Spectrum (which was a joke of a computer that somehow managed to
> | be a success)
>
> I'm not even sure that "Commodore 64" warrants an entry in the urban
> dictionary, which I thought existed purely for street slang an' what
> the kids are saying an' that, yeah?

thanks for having NOT x-posted in a certain other NG....

Best regards from Italy,
dott. Piergiorgio

P.s. yea, after the third or fourth line I checked the header....

Brian Gaff

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Apr 21, 2013, 5:32:50 AM4/21/13

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But is Urban dictionary in the Urban dictionary?

Brian

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Paul E Collins

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Apr 21, 2013, 10:10:37 AM4/21/13

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On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:12:16 +0100, Chris Young
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> I see (read: accidentally stumbled upon the fact that) Urban
> Dictionary has definitions for "speccy" (with a lowercase "s" for some
> reason), "spec-chum" and even "chuntey".

I added "Speccy" to Wiktionary a while ago, too.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Speccy

The audio pronunciation is me!

Eq.

Llama-Wax Len

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Apr 21, 2013, 4:20:13 PM4/21/13

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"Chris Young" <chris....@mail-filter.com> wrote in message
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>I see (read: accidentally stumbled upon the fact that) Urban
> Dictionary has definitions for "speccy" (with a lowercase "s" for some
> reason), "spec-chum" and even "chuntey".

I recently pointed this out to some people in my office. You have no idea
how delighted I am over having played a minor role in the development of the
word chuntey. My parents must be so proud.

Len

Duncan Snowden

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Apr 24, 2013, 9:00:30 AM4/24/13

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Now we only have to get llama-waxing in there and you'll have coined
almost[1] as many words as Shakespeare.

[1] Definitions of "almost" may vary.

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May 4, 2013, 12:11:05 PM5/4/13

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Someone should provide a new entry:

"jowett, adj. One who is both a spammer and an idiot. Usually kill-file fodder."