I have no idea what this is or means. I looked it up, saw the word “linguistics” and knew it was over my head. Maybe users like LINGUIST and THE OLD WOLF can help. Teresa must get some kind of sick thrill throwing out these obscure words and phrases, realizing that only a small subset of people can decipher them. Twisted Sister Tee.
The school district where I used to work once issued a binder just brimming with these kinds of phrases by which you were supposed to critique your own work.
Everybody hated the damned things, but apparently some slick company had convinced the superintendant that worker output would increase if we just spent two hours a day filling out the forms and discussing them with our supervisors. Yeah.
The day this expensive nonsense was dispensed with, the dumpsters were over-flowing with the binders and their attendant detritus.
But I don’t need a ‘50s TV model (a.k.a. Leopold’s Mom at Scary Gary, for the cognoscenti) to advertise my failures, thank you; I allow the victims to heal their own wounds, as would any self-respecting villain….
old.silvertip about 6 years ago
and if there is one thing I cannot abide, it is substitution failure.
painedsmile about 6 years ago
I have no idea what this is or means. I looked it up, saw the word “linguistics” and knew it was over my head. Maybe users like LINGUIST and THE OLD WOLF can help. Teresa must get some kind of sick thrill throwing out these obscure words and phrases, realizing that only a small subset of people can decipher them. Twisted Sister Tee.
Brass Orchid Premium Member about 6 years ago
Your lips are moving, I cannot hear
Your voice is soothing, but the words aren’t clear
You don’t sound different, I’ve learned the game
I’m looking through you, you’re not the same
—Looking Through You; The Froggals.
coltish1 about 6 years ago
Stay tuned for next week’s episode of our hit new show, Lexical Integrity, where we’ll have a whole NEW flash card for your wonder and bemusement.
Radish the wordsmith about 6 years ago
I would get this if I could see an x-ray.
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr about 6 years ago
The school district where I used to work once issued a binder just brimming with these kinds of phrases by which you were supposed to critique your own work.
Everybody hated the damned things, but apparently some slick company had convinced the superintendant that worker output would increase if we just spent two hours a day filling out the forms and discussing them with our supervisors. Yeah.
The day this expensive nonsense was dispensed with, the dumpsters were over-flowing with the binders and their attendant detritus.
INGSOC about 6 years ago
Read the description below image, which is in fine print..
Howard'sMyHero about 6 years ago
Also, for your consideration:
substitution opacity = referential failure ….
Radish the wordsmith about 6 years ago
4-21, National Surprise Drug Test Day
6turtle9 about 6 years ago
Choice blindness.
Radish the wordsmith about 6 years ago
The Froggals croaked 50 years ago.
INGSOC about 6 years ago
She’s standing on a word bubble..
Arianne about 6 years ago
Leave it to Betty, to call a crock a crock.
Sisyphos about 6 years ago
My references are never opaque! I’m an Open Book!
Obscure, maybe.
Failure, sometimes.
But I don’t need a ‘50s TV model (a.k.a. Leopold’s Mom at Scary Gary, for the cognoscenti) to advertise my failures, thank you; I allow the victims to heal their own wounds, as would any self-respecting villain….
olivefoote about 6 years ago
He looks like he’s used to her odd signs.