I was calling the sinistro-dextral bi-digital gesture "Rabbits' Ears" long before '89 with it's offensive newby "air quotes". I received the wisdom on Rabbits' Ears as a long held tradition stretching back into the mists of time.

I will only grant one concession, the fingers for Rabbits' Ears were distinctly bent over. If the 'air quotes" are similar then they are a forgery. If however, they mimic the famous Churchilian dual V for victory sign then perhaps it is a sign-language dialect change?

'Scuse me while I kiss this guy!

"More than a woman" > "Bald headed woman"

Hendrix was best though...

I did catch my girlfriend out the other day though:

"Tickle your arse with a feather" says I

"I beg your pardon???"

"Particularly nasty weather..."

(she laughs) "You'll never believe what I thought you said!!"

<sigh>

Yeah well, I was a bit bored at the time...

Paris as she's been up for a bit of arse-tickling from time to time.

still nicking u's from words that should have them

livening up the printers days by replacing S with Z

making up etymologies to fit in with a christian world (if the facts don't fit, make up new facts)

You've no idea how many times I've submitted work to my editor or publisher, and had them change words to fit the 'american spelling'. Worse, they're dutch, so a lot of proper words aren't even in the american dictionary files (only a few $5 words, and none beyond $7)

To quote Rupert Grint in thunderpants: "I speak with clarity and precision". Around here, it's more "git R dun!"

AC: "Isn't "fanboy" just a slightly more insulting way of saying "fan"? It doesn't really embrace a new concept in any way."

By no means is the lexicon in one-to-one correspondence with "concepts." In this case, while the two words cover pretty much the same conceptual territory, "fanboy" carries a pejorative, derogatory connotation that mere "fan" lacks. Or to put it another way, it's the "slightly more insulting" element that entitles "fanboy" to its place in the dictionary.

"Fanboy" is an example of a language expressing very delicate shades of meaning. They all do it of course, and adding words to the lexicon is by no means the only mechanism, though it's a favorite approach in English and is one of the reasons English has such a large vocabulary.

The first time I heard the Who song "Eminence Front", I thought they were saying "Living in a swamp".

How come people don't remember that fan is short for fanatic ?

PH because she'll never live in a swamp.

That's pretty bad for a dictionary!

... suddenly somebody's there at the turnstile. A girl with colitis goes by...

Slow day.

Wrapped up like a douche, another runner in the night.

Okay, "Rev'ed up like a Deuce, another..." (Deuce = Deuce Coupe = Ford '32 Coupe)

Paris, well, because...

Never mind CCR, my Dad always thought Neil Diamond was singing about Reverend Blue Jeans, not Forever in Blue Jeans.

I think half of his generation misunderstood just about all of Elvis Presley's lyrics too.

replace "slightly" with "significantly" and you will be closer to the truth, as in 'Suck it up and get over it fanboy!'.

Also, I think that at least here in The States, "fan" comes more from comics and sci-fi subcultures whereas "fanboy" comes from the anime/japanimation one.

Paris, because she provides fanboy service!