Re: Powers that be were Re: Newbie says hi

From: "Padraic Brown" <elemtilas@...>
> --- Muke Tever <mktvr@...> wrote:
>
> > Er, probably because "stoopid" is the spelling of a
> > slang word that means
> > something else.
> >
> > A [not very detailed] writeup exists:
> > http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=stoopid
>
> Ah, the Beasty Boys, those paragonical avatars of
> cultural acmerity. Those pinacular artificers of
> hyperelevated verbosity. Or not.
>
> Stoopid, in spite of the mighty intellectual effort
> the BB undoubtedly spent in in changing "u" by "oo",
> largely remains an emphatic form of "stupid", not to
> mention a Newyorkism.
Well, I don't know anything about those people [the writeup's not mine, and I
dont know anything about its reliability].  Everywhere I've seen "stoopid" has
been in different contexts than that or NYisms, but all with the same meaning
(and not as an emphasis of 'stupid').

YMMV, of course.

    *Muke!
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