Re: Powers that be were Re: Newbie says hi

--- 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.

> Muke
Padraic.


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     celist il pozponer le mbutheor ayn backun gras.

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