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Wally Balljacker
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by Wally Balljacker » Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:08 am
Am I the only one here who thinks the term "boxen" is completely retarded?
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Tsuroerusu
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by Tsuroerusu » Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:25 am
English already has enough bugs (I speak two language fluently, can do a few German words and working on Japanese), why add more?
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by snarkout » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:48 am
Wally Balljacker wrote:Am I the only one here who thinks the term "boxen" is completely retarded?
Jesus. I've been saying boxen since around 2000, which is when I begin to hear it regularly. You can blame us for being dorks, but I refuse to be lumped in with web 2.0.
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Chess
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by Chess » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:17 am
I remember hearing comedian Brian Regan using "boxen" as part of his routine back in the early 1990's. It's mildly amusing, I guess, but it has certainly been overused lately.
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allix
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by allix » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:17 am
well, g33ks like to make up words to feel special against the of non-technical population.
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Tsuroerusu
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by Tsuroerusu » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:21 am
In Danish "boxen" means "the box"
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by snarkout » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:47 pm
In English, Danish means "Delicious Pastry."
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Tsuroerusu
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by Tsuroerusu » Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:29 pm
Snarkout wrote:In English, Danish means "Delicious Pastry."
Yeah, leave it to you Americans to make a joke out of the smaller countries of the world!
Oh well, at least you didn't refer to Denmark as the capital of Sweden, that really is not taken too kindly. Not because Danes don't like the Swedish people, but it's just seen as a little bit degrading, I guess would be the term.
"Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love. This is the eternal rule."
- Siddhattha Gotama (Buddha), founder of Buddhism.
