Quick question involving a certain word...
"Prolly".
Borderline old fart that I feel (compared to the flaming youth of this board), is "prolly" some sort of youthful hipsterism of "probably"?
Oddly enough, in the past few weeks I've seen posts and chats where someone says "I'll prolly just wait and..." and I always let it go, thinking it's another version of "teh", "roxor", etc.
Am I right on this?
Or are people just that ****ing stupid and clueless and really don't pay attention in school anymore?
It's "PROBABLY", pinheads.
"All your base are prolly belong to us...".
Jeez...
Borderline old fart that I feel (compared to the flaming youth of this board), is "prolly" some sort of youthful hipsterism of "probably"?
Oddly enough, in the past few weeks I've seen posts and chats where someone says "I'll prolly just wait and..." and I always let it go, thinking it's another version of "teh", "roxor", etc.
Am I right on this?
Or are people just that ****ing stupid and clueless and really don't pay attention in school anymore?
It's "PROBABLY", pinheads.
"All your base are prolly belong to us...".
Jeez...
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'spec' you prolly do.....
But if that was just how ignorant some kids were, then, yeah...I was getting irked.
Carry on then...I prolly won't say anything else about it.
I'm guessing from the contexts I've seen it used in that it's some sort of dismissive grunt.
Q: Did you see Leno last night?
A: Meh. Why would I bother? Can't stand him.
Where'd this come from? I've only seen it in online message boards.
Originally posted by shetline
Well, as long as we're asking questions about words, here's one I've wondered about: meh
I'm guessing from the contexts I've seen it used in that it's some sort of dismissive grunt.
Q: Did you see Leno last night?
A: Meh. Why would I bother? Can't stand him.
Where'd this come from? I've only seen it in online message boards.
I believe its just the same as "eh".
"Eh, whatever."
"Eh... I don't know, I guess it was OK."
Also, whats the deal with "pr0n" and "teh"?
Originally posted by shetline
Well, as long as we're asking questions about words, here's one I've wondered about: meh
I think it's more of an expression of pouty unhappiness or dissatisfaction than of dismissiveness. As in,
"No, Johnnie, if you have ice cream now, you'll spoil your appetite for dinner."
"But I want ice cweam! Meh! [pout]"
Or mebbe that's just the "!" form of it. I've heard it spoken in that context with a high pitch, dragging out the "m". Prolly the dismissive grunt is if you say it lackadasically, with the "m" almost silent.
Wasn't that clever of me to introduce the colliquially charming "mebbe" and use "prolly" in context? I think "prolly" is mostly used only because "probably" is too difficult to type correctly for many internet users. Most people drop a syllable from the word when speaking it anyway ("prob'ly"). But "prolly" is also the "ebonics" form, isn't it? Especially with a drawn-out "o" sound. And since so many upper-class suburban white kids like to pretend they're not, they type as they speak.
Originally posted by Wotan
Also, whats the deal with "pr0n" and "teh"?
I thought "pr0n" was used so you wouldn't get caught by a dumb keyword filter. I have no idea how far back it goes, though.
meh implies you don't really care. consider it the typed version of shrugging your shoulders.
pr0n is just porn only it's cool to replace an o with a 0. then move the letters around.
teh is just 'cause people type to fast, they misspell it.
Originally posted by shetline
Well, as long as we're asking questions about words, here's one I've wondered about: meh
I'm guessing from the contexts I've seen it used in that it's some sort of dismissive grunt.
Q: Did you see Leno last night?
A: Meh. Why would I bother? Can't stand him.
Where'd this come from? I've only seen it in online message boards.
In order to say 'meh' properly you need to play up the Yiddish accent. . . . Isaac Bashevis Singer's lesser known first version of "Gimpel The Fool" was called "Meh, Leave the Idiot Alone Already"
from Orwell's 1984. People around here use it as a form of insult..ie " You're a bit of a prole "( proletarian ) & therefore not too bright.
Ps ever come across " erm " ?
IIRC
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Originally posted by alcimedes
if i remember correctly.
IIRC
http://www.acronymfinder.com
as opposed to IAAR
I Am Always Right
Originally posted by shetline
Well, as long as we're asking questions about words, here's one I've wondered about: meh
Where'd this come from? I've only seen it in online message boards.
i first remember it from the Simpsons. i'm pretty sure this aint the oldest scene they used it in, but.. meh.
Homer
Bart & Lisa: Meh.
Homer
Bart
Lisa
Snpp describes it as 'intense indifference'. i dont think of it as pouty, as Towel implied, but kind of a futile disinterest.
back in my school days, a friend once asked me how probably is spelled, and i, incorrectly, told him 'prolly'. its just how he and i tend to speak it, and never really thought about whether or not it was right. we tried it in a spellchecker and it was then i first realized the extra syllable and letters.
pr0n is a pretty old misspelling of 'porn' (short for pornography). i remember it back in the old days, when warez was common on hotline, before peecee users came in with their loose morals and overwhelming amounts of pr0n, which mythically destroyed hotline and all its glorie.
Originally posted by drewprops
"prolly" is an age-old affectionate way of saying probably. It's not a new-fangled internet thing, I think that it's just surfacing on the net because a lot of the IM kids like cutsie stuff. It's of British derivation and is likely associated with a local accent...not sure which. Any of you folks in the UK want to contribute here?
'spec' you prolly do.....
Really? I always imagined it with more of a Southern drawl: Ya'll prolly find it o'er yonder once the wind stops blowin'.
Ps ever come across " erm "
This comes from spoken english over here in the UK. Probably used to a degree in other english speaking parts of the world too for that matter.
Imagine a situation where during a sentence you're lost for words or need thinking time
e.g "the cat sat on the, er, on the erm, on the mat"
There must be equivalents in the states, australia and indeed in other languages.
It's become such a part of spoken english over here that when conversational english is written (i.e forums etc) it seems wrong if such terms are omitted.