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wishiwonthatone

Oh yeah, Attention span.

Crazychessplaya

Learned this from DC-poc today!

 cromulent :

(crôm-yü-lənt)

  1. 1. (adj.) Being well-formed; legitimate; of a word, especially a neologism, that is not previously attested in the language but obeys its rules of word-formation.

    Origins: This word was originally coined in season 3 episode 13 of The Simpsons TV series back in 1996.

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dannyhume
Crazychessplaya wrote:

Learned this from DC-poc today!

 cromulent :

(crôm-yü-lənt)

1. (adj.) Being well-formed; legitimate; of a word, especially a neologism, that is not previously attested in the language but obeys its rules of word-formation.

Origins: This word was originally coined in season 3 episode 13 of The Simpsons TV series back in 1996.


This site is embiggening.
Crazychessplaya

One more thing. For a while, I wondered, "Why are Goldendog, Reb and others shouting expletives on the forum?". HOS here, HOS there. Then I learned that HOS stands for House of Staunton.

dannyhume
Another great chess player who fell into the ducking coward ranks later in life.
Crazychessplaya

420, 4:20 or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) refers to consumption of cannabis and, by extension, a way to identify oneself with cannabis subculture. The notable day for these is April 20. (Not to be confused with J-Day, an international protest held on the first Saturday of May.)

Crazychessplaya

IANAL = "I am not a lawyer"

TheGrobe

IJMTAU = "I just made this acronym up"

artfizz

Sorry seems to be the hardest word.

kco

 I learn here that there are troublemakers here that can possibly destroy someone reputation too easily. 

Bronco
kco wrote:

 I learn here that there are troublemakers here that can possibly destroy someone reputation too easily. 


+1

And what trolls are

Conflagration_Planet
Gambitking wrote:

How could someone who is rated *975* possibly know what trolls are??? Don't make me laugh, kiddo!


 What keeps somebody rated 975 from knowing what trolls are?

Conflagration_Planet
Gambitking wrote:

I dunno, maybe because Trolls don't bother Trolling targets that aren't even worth their time? You're WORSE THAN A TROLL if you waste your time on stupid people!


 So people rated 975 are stupid, and so far beneath you, they're not worth wasting your on?

Bronco

Oh. I thought he meant don't waste time on him...my bad

Conflagration_Planet

I forgot to put the word "TIME" between "your", and "on" in my post.

TheBone1

Gambitking, I don't believe you.

CoachConradAllison

Hang on, we already knew that... Gambitking's decent at chess - but from his forum posts...

NimzoRoy

I learned that very few threads here manage to stay on the original topic for very long

CoachConradAllison

No you just post very strange posts.