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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Language Today in Cultural Production: Defining a Tornado Reappearer

Posted by on Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:05 AM

WSJ:

JOPLIN, Mo.—Ninety of the people unaccounted for after Sunday's devastating tornado have been located and are alive, officials said, as this hollowed-out city of 50,000 people began rebuilding its school system and making other tentative steps toward recovery.
What kind of person is this? A person who vanishes when a tornado hits and reappears only after a spell of being missing? We must, I think, turn to Hollywood to find the most meaningful definition for such a person...
tornado-return-1.jpg
Such a person? My best shot: A Dorother.


An example: A diner in a small town.
Trucker: Why is that man at the counter looking at me funny?
Waitress: Don't pay him no mind. He means no harm. He is a Dorother.
Trucker: I see. I see. Thanks for letting me know.

 

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venomlash 1
Good morning, Charles. I don't think you're in Kansas anymore. By which I mean, I think you're tripping balls or something.
Posted by venomlash on May 31, 2011 at 9:15 AM
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I like this.

The best way to let everyone know that sticking "-er" on the end of a noun doesn't work anymore is to riff on it until the inanity is inescapable.

Charles is bringing ErGate to the Erers.
Posted by robotslave on May 31, 2011 at 10:41 AM
Banna 3
Leave the neologisms to Savage, who's at least smart enough to include his audience in the process.
Posted by Banna http://www.ucp.org on May 31, 2011 at 10:45 AM

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