Bro becomes Zeek

Posted Oct 16, 2018 23:17 UTC (Tue) by gerdesj (subscriber, #5446)
In reply to: Bro becomes Zeek by Cyberax
Parent article: Bro becomes Zeek

I use the word git a fair bit (en_GB) I just did a quite look up with an obvious set of search terms and Google's "dictionary" overcooks the definition with "an unpleasant or contemptible person".

Calling someone a git is not a harsh critique. It is a very mild "bad" description, one that you might deploy at a friend: "oh you git; you beat me". It can obviously be strengthened with some context, eg: "those bloody gits in the government have just put up the tax on booze and fags AGAIN!"

I think git is the perfect name for the software. xkcd 1597 explains why ... perfectly.

Bro becomes Zeek

Posted Oct 17, 2018 11:05 UTC (Wed) by ewan (guest, #5533) [Link] (6 responses)

For the benefit of any Americans:

booze = liquor

fags = cigarettes

tax = a contribution to communal wellbeing, e.g. funding for universal healthcare.

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Posted Oct 17, 2018 18:31 UTC (Wed) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784) [Link]

Ahem. While 'fag' for 'cigarette' is mostly a Commonwealth English usage, 'booze' for 'alcoholic drink' is perfectly well understood in the USA :P

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Posted Oct 17, 2018 23:37 UTC (Wed) by gerdesj (subscriber, #5446) [Link]

"For the benefit of any Americans:"

I was trying to help a Russian (I think) geezer with a *very* fine point of en_GB usage that he himself had mentioned he'd had to look up hints for from unsavoury sources. However I believe that most native en_* speakers here are conversant with most of the obvious colloquialisms from each other's neck of the woods.

The old "hot damn, they burn faggots over there in the UK" thing is generally and quite rightly considered distasteful on both sides of the Atlantic and probably most of the Pacific too.

That said, I suspect a tongue is firmly wedged in a cheek somewhere (*snigger*), given your note on what tax might mean.

LOL, laters.

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Posted Oct 20, 2018 14:25 UTC (Sat) by Rudd-O (guest, #61155) [Link] (3 responses)

LOL at extortion being called a "contribution". Hahaha.

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Posted Oct 23, 2018 1:26 UTC (Tue) by clicea (guest, #75492) [Link] (2 responses)

Found the ~~crazy~~ ultralibertarian american

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Posted Oct 23, 2018 6:16 UTC (Tue) by zlynx (guest, #2285) [Link] (1 responses)

If it is extortion or outright theft if any one person does it, or a group does it then when a government does it, it *still is* extortion or theft.

An action doesn't magically become ethically correct when 51% (or whatever representative portion) decides it is.

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Posted Oct 23, 2018 9:54 UTC (Tue) by anselm (subscriber, #2796) [Link]

An action doesn't magically become ethically correct when 51% (or whatever representative portion) decides it is.

It does become the law of the land, though. You don't like it, campaign to get it changed, or emigrate.