| Author | The Great Etymology Throwdown |
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| Fulminant |
| Decadence |
Ok, I guess I'll make a decision now. It'll be VV's proposal, fulminant
Good luck everyone |
| Everyone knows where the word fulminant comes from in the english vernacular. Though of latin origin the guy who made this word up (merlinus) was into theocuckery and zeus was screwing his wife on the side at that time. Subsequently as a homage to his kink he made the word and its initial meaning in the original latin which is struck by lightning. As the days changed it was taken by the international cuck community to establish the quick in and out style of lightning fast copulation and cleanup that they are known for. It would be a very simple explanation if the story ended here but we still have to bridge the gap between fulminare and fulminant. Words do change when they are used and loaned to other languages as communication evolves. The word fulminant however has a crazier origin. The 36th descendent of merlinus came to america from modern day italy in a ship’s basement carrying the knowledge of his ancestors. This particular merlinus was really fond of fulminare and he tried to propagate this idea however the americans were too degenerate and they considered this practice outdated and worse than vanilla almost like water. Merlinus the 36th tried hard to market the word by changing its form to adapt it to the american vernacular changing it to fulminant. But his efforts were all in vain and this futility of his efforts drove him to depression. He went to his doctor to whom he narrated his entire tale of woe. The doctor rather liked the word even though it was still so vanilla to him that he would describe it as deionized water. The doctor however promised merlin that his word would be famous and he ascribed a new meaning to it trying to make it catch on in the field of medicine and chemistry where basically anything goes. He did achieve limited success. But after so many years of struggle and effort, now finally the doctor has somehow kept his promise. |
| Rip to one of my greatest ancestors, a true inspirational figure to us all |
To say that that explanation was wide of the mark is so much of an understatement as to beggar believe. It is fair to say Donald Trump has a more accurate judgement of his true skin colour than you have of the truth of the word fulminants origin.
It is well known that medical students have dark and morbid sense of humour (some may call it a coping mechanism) and back in the day (before freedom of information meant they could get caught) would leave notes on a patients records that were less than complimentary such as TFTB (Too fat to breathe). One such wind up was to relate the word fulminant to a tedious and difficult operation, with the suggestion that it was like filming ant (I urge you to read that in an accent from the north of the UK). While this spate of one individual trying to convince another of a spurious tale gained some traction for a while, it was easy to refute when you realised that the first printed use of the word was in the forefather of medical journals “De humani coporis fabrica libri septem” which predates the video recorder by a good 4 centuries. In this cornerstone of ancient medical wisdom a Dr Fulmin was posthumously commemorated with a new medical term for the sudden onset of symptoms. Dr Fulmin (who secretly bumped off his patients and sold the bodies) would frequently relay in his records how patients would come to see him with comparatively mild issues, then die very quickly due to the rapid onset of various illnesses. In an ironic twist Dr Fulmin died suddenly from a ruptured stomach ulcer as he walked down the street, dramatically vomiting blood everywhere. Due to the nature of his own demise other medical practitioners started to use the term for others that died with a sudden onset as followers of Fulmin (Fulminant). Over time the usage has broadened slightly to no longer be restricted to a situation ending in death. |
| Hapko and Nebi get your licks in while esteemed danathan’s indifference lasts |
| lol Igles you crack me up |
The doctor rather liked the word even though it was still so vanilla to him that he would describe it as deionized water. The doctor however promised merlin that his word would be famous and he ascribed a new meaning to it trying to make it catch on in the field of medicine and chemistry where basically anything goes.
This way of writing is so ridiculous and disorganized, almost hebephrenic. I'm so interested in Igles right now. |
| Being interesting to a doctor is probably not something to be enthusiastic about |
| His first language is not English so cannot be easy. Of to Google hebephrenic now ;) |
| I think it works if you read it in a grandiose narrator voice with random pauses before all ‘and’s that force join two thoughts. As for english it is my second language but i did learn it ar the same time as my mother tongue so i have no excuses there. |
| English isn't my first either, however I don't think it matters all that much in this context. There's just something distinct about the way you write, and I didn't realize it before. It's not logically unsound what you were saying but the structure feels disorganized, although not in a bad way. Well, someone might claim its bad, but to me you seem very knowledgeable (that sense of experience and worldliness is there) so its impressive in that regard. It's just very unusual. Maybe I have formed a biased perception due to my recently acquired psych knowledge. But I was just saying there's a weird pattern I sense, not clinical its subtle. |
| You already know that i am canonically deranged lol. I literally coaxed miles into doing a fibbing contest on the forums, insulted every fiber merlin possesses and roped in my friends hapko and nebi into it too. None of that spells normal lol. |
Well, I guess Hapko and Nebi dropped out. Sad.
Igles wins this round - one must respect the imagination of someone who comes up with the term "theocuckery". May we all pay homage to the great Merlinus.
The score is now tied between Lord MilesTeg and Igles at one apiece.
The real etymology of fulminant, according to some sketchy website, can be found here https://www.etymonline.com/word/fulminant
Anyhow, the word for the next round is "paragraph."
The definition of paragraph is as follows: a distinct section of a piece of writing, usually dealing with a single theme and indicated by a new line, indentation, or numbering.
E.g. "It would be a lot easier to read your submissions for this contest if proper paragraphs were used." |
I thought I would get one in quick and dirty so that I can use a rebuttal.
"Rebuttal" - corrective surgery for a botched Brazilian butt lift.
It is quite simple really, Paragraph is the slang name used for a rehabilitation unit for severely injured soldiers, where pioneering (alternatively known as experimental) surgeries were done to graft replacement body parts, either organic, synthetic or a mixture of both onto the injured paratroopers. |
The word paragraph can be etymologised in the following way.
Par+agr+aph par means equal agr means cield and aph as everyone knows comes from the same root as the word aphid which is a type of bug.
In ancient times when cavemen were turning agrarian there was a tribe of the danathan clan that was evolving with it and paragraph was their policy.
The word paragraph used by danathan senior the first was a word that he created to mean all fields should be equal in size and number of bugs.
The ancient danathans used sticks that were mod hammered into the ground to make sure that all their fields would be equal in size.
As for the bugs the danathans used to carry bugs in their rectums and dig one out and drop them in the fields as old bugs died.
These methods made them a grain producing feudalist powerhouse. The bugs that they housed in their rectums biting hard and spuring them on (literally) to success never seen before.
It is said that even to this day modern day danathans would have bugs as a part of their rectal biomes and their need to see things in paragraphs is not only memetic but possibly genetic.
example: danathan loves paragraphs. |
| The origin of "paragraph" is actually very logical. Just the way common people once said that a picture was worth a thousand words, mathematicians and scientists began using graphs with data points for variables against a known entity. This was a simple way of representing information worth a hundred words. A "para-graph" is parallel to the idea of graphs, where a text of a around 100 words conveys a cohesive and meaningful information. A paragraph shares the same flexibility of a graph, its meaning doesn't have to be constrained by hundred words, just like how a graph can sometimes be worth more, sometimes less. |
I have often thought paragraphs are like buses, you wait for ages and then several turn up at once.
Nice of you to join the fray v_v, it's good, but let's be honest, that's not what the weird means.
As for Igles, it is embarrassing to witness such flaming name drops in order to curry favour with the judge. Then you look at the offering of explanation. Trying to establish the word paragraphs' origin based on a break down of the parts of the word when you are suggesting paragraph was used earlier in time than the words you claim it is derived from.
Sometimes I wonder why I even bring the thunder.
As to it's true origin it does indeed derive from a breakdown of para and graph. Para from the French root meaning to protect, and graph meaning to draw.
Back in times of old a good visual deterrent to keep the populous in line was a head on a stick. Nothing quite gets to the point of thinking like a point to what you think with.
However as time went on, it got more costly to keep replacing the heads on spikes, and the populous got rather angry with all the random unfair trials. Instead they commissioned large murals (the first being the bayeux tapestry) to point out the consequences of not doing as they wanted.
These depictions provided protection by means of a drawing, and hence were named paragraphs. |
| Thats a fantussy Miles |
