Re: BOINC is slang for the F-word
Subject: Re: BOINC is slang for the F-word
From: Martin 53N 1W
Date: 28/06/2004, 19:25
Newsgroups: alt.sci.seti

Lloyd wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:23:06 +0100, Martin 53N 1W <ml_news@ddnospamddml1dd.co.uk.dd> wrote:
Sorry, "boink" is a corrupted figment of some imagination. That spelling isn't used here sexually. That and similar spellings might be used for describing the sound a cartoon character might make when rebounding/springing off a hard surface.
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And from the dictionary:

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
boink
 
PRONUNCIATION:           boinc
VERB:                    Inflected forms: boinked, boink·ing, boinks
TRANSITIVE VERB:         Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:     To engage in sexual intercourse.
ETYMOLOGY:               From boink, imitative of bumping or bouncing.
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Gee whizz... Those Ammirekans have such a fun way wi' da spellink!

Just think of all those old cartoons that have now got to be rewritten and redubbed over to regain their virginity!!


[...]
Why?  It's simple:  Satan is seeing to it that, instead of sounding like
[...]

You people need to wake up, discard your work units, and walk in the
path of righteousness.

Fun or Satan or whatever, it's all in the mind.

I'm following my own path of righteousness and enlightenment without need any more of anyone else's thankyou.

BTW: Who is this Satan dude?


(;-))
Martin


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