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Usageaster is whack
NSOED: usageaster n. (derog., orig. US) (after poetaster) an inferior critic of language usage, esp. one with conservative or pedantic views on correctness L20.
It appears only once in Googlegroups, in a soc.culture.new-zealand discussion of Skitt's Law and petards:
0b8p4nta8cqgtid3282g14l%404ax.com&rnum=1
Nicola: What's the name of the Usenet law that says the authors of spelling and grammar flames will be hoist on their own petards?
Kelvin: AArrgghh!! NO! There goes my membership in the usageaster society.
(The petard's 'on' was usageastered but not the membership's 'in'.)
Mickwick
It appears only once in Googlegroups, in a soc.culture.new-zealand discussion of Skitt's Law and petards:
0b8p4nta8cqgtid3282g14l%404ax.com&rnum=1
Nicola: What's the name of the Usenet law that says the authors of spelling and grammar flames will be hoist on their own petards?
Kelvin: AArrgghh!! NO! There goes my membership in the usageaster society.
(The petard's 'on' was usageastered but not the membership's 'in'.)
Mickwick
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[nq:1]NSOED: usageaster n. , orig. US) (after poetaster) an inferior critic of language usage, esp.
- [nq:1]NSOED: usageaster n.
- , orig.
- US) (after poetaster) an inferior critic of language usage, esp.
- one with conservative or pedantic ...
- AArrgghh!!
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[nq:1]NSOED: usageaster n. (derog., orig. US) (after poetaster) an inferior critic of language usage, esp. one with conservative or pedantic ... AArrgghh!! NO! There goes my membership in the usageaster society. (The petard's 'on' was usageastered but not the membership's 'in'.)[/nq]
What's wrong with membership in?
john
What's wrong with membership in?
john
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[nq:1]NSOED: usageaster n. (derog., orig. US) (after poetaster) an inferior critic of language usage, esp. one with conservative or pedantic views on correctness L20. It appears only once in Googlegroups, in a soc.culture.new-zealand discussion of Skitt's Law and petards:[/nq]
This seems to be one of the rare terms for which we have a clear first use. These are the OED2 citations:
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This seems to be one of the rare terms for which we have a clear first use. These are the OED2 citations:
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Martin Ambuhl filted:
[nq:2]NSOED: usageaster n. (derog., orig. US) (after poetaster) an inferior ... Googlegroups, in a soc.culture.new-zealand discussion of Skitt's Law and petards:[/nq]
[nq:1]This seems to be one of the rare terms for which we have a clear first use.[/nq]
Blast...I went and killed my own Googlewhack for "programmeraster" by using it a second time (and now a third)..
[nq:2]NSOED: usageaster n. (derog., orig. US) (after poetaster) an inferior ... Googlegroups, in a soc.culture.new-zealand discussion of Skitt's Law and petards:[/nq]
[nq:1]This seems to be one of the rare terms for which we have a clear first use.[/nq]
Blast...I went and killed my own Googlewhack for "programmeraster" by using it a second time (and now a third)..
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[nq:1]Martin Ambuhl filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]This seems to be one of the rare terms for which we have a clearfirst use.[/nq]
[nq:1]Blast...I went and killed my own Googlewhack for "programmeraster" byusing it a second time (and now a third)..r[/nq]
Hm. I think "coderaster" has a certain ring (and I am one).
Jerry Friedman
[nq:2]This seems to be one of the rare terms for which we have a clearfirst use.[/nq]
[nq:1]Blast...I went and killed my own Googlewhack for "programmeraster" byusing it a second time (and now a third)..r[/nq]
Hm. I think "coderaster" has a certain ring (and I am one).
Jerry Friedman
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[nq:1]NSOED: usageaster n. (derog., orig. US) (after poetaster) an inferior critic of language usage, esp. one with conservative or pedantic views on correctness L20.[/nq]
What a rubbish word.
Adrian
What a rubbish word.
Adrian
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jerry (Email Removed) filted:
Someday I'd like to see an incompetent sommelier called a "winetasteraster", or a paint-stripper of inferior talents a "sandblasteraster", or perhaps a less-than-stellar disc jockey a "broadcasteraster"..r
Someday I'd like to see an incompetent sommelier called a "winetasteraster", or a paint-stripper of inferior talents a "sandblasteraster", or perhaps a less-than-stellar disc jockey a "broadcasteraster"..r
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[nq:2]NSOED: usageaster n. (derog., orig. US) (after poetaster) an inferior ... Googlegroups, in a soc.culture.new-zealand discussion of Skitt's Law and petards:[/nq]
http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?q=usageaster&hl=en&lr=&selm=2k29as4jj6o
[nq:2]0b8p4nta8cqgtid3282g14l%40
http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?q=usageaster&hl=en&lr=&selm=2k29as4jj6o
[nq:2]0b8p4nta8cqgtid3282g14l%40
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[nq:1]Hm. I think "coderaster" has a certain ring (and I am one).[/nq]
A ring?
Maria Conlon
A ring?
Maria Conlon
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[nq:2]What's wrong with membership in?[/nq]
[nq:1]It's not as good as "membership of", that's all. I'm a member of the RAS, not a member in it. But Y and others' MMV.[/nq]
Must be a pondian thing. Member of, membership in..
Maria Conlon
[nq:1]It's not as good as "membership of", that's all. I'm a member of the RAS, not a member in it. But Y and others' MMV.[/nq]
Must be a pondian thing. Member of, membership in..
Maria Conlon
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[nq:1]Someday I'd like to see an incompetent sommelier called a "winetasteraster", or a paint-stripper of inferior talents a "sandblasteraster", or perhaps a less-than-stellar disc jockey a "broadcasteraster"..r[/nq]
Or someone who wants to be a mere guzzler but can't help sniffing out quality (at a decent price, of course): a winetasterasteraster.
Mickwick
Or someone who wants to be a mere guzzler but can't help sniffing out quality (at a decent price, of course): a winetasterasteraster.
Mickwick
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