KeenReader
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« Reply #90 on: April 16, 2009, 06:14:23 PM » |
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Ok, havent found an answer on here yet, throw me a rope: What are the origins of the term "special snowflake"? I totally get what it means on here, and it has crept into my off-board vocabulary, and I love it. I just wanna know where it started! It remindes me of some creepy, annoying, "you are so wonderful" childrens book.
We use it to mean a person with a huge sense of entitlement who makes demands for attention or service that are so rude and/or outrageous that among people with senses of entitlement s/he stands out and belongs in a class of his/her own. |
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« Reply #91 on: April 16, 2009, 06:37:15 PM » |
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Ok, havent found an answer on here yet, throw me a rope: What are the origins of the term "special snowflake"? I totally get what it means on here, and it has crept into my off-board vocabulary, and I love it. I just wanna know where it started! It remindes me of some creepy, annoying, "you are so wonderful" childrens book.
I thought it originated from a line in Fight Club. You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else, and we are all part of the same compost pile.
Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Chapter 17 Though it's certainly possible that the term was around before Palahniuk used it. |
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« Reply #92 on: September 24, 2009, 07:47:42 PM » |
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I keep seeing STBX as a term for a friend or family memeber. What does it mean? I can't figure it out for the life of me.
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RainhaDoTexugo
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Tatum!
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« Reply #93 on: September 24, 2009, 07:53:07 PM » |
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L.A. Lady, I think it's Soon To Be Ex.
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delphinium
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« Reply #94 on: October 05, 2009, 03:39:59 PM » |
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What does that little blue symbol mean that looks like a question mark inside a circle? It's in the column where the "moved" symbol or "sticky topic " symbol would be.
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Hamlet: The Original Emo
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« Reply #95 on: October 05, 2009, 06:14:25 PM » |
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It's called a post icon-- it was designed initially, I believe, to differentiate posts that had a question or a concern from normal, run of the mill posts. It can only be used if you're the topic starter.
The one that confuses me is IOW. May I please have a clarification as to what this one means?
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RainhaDoTexugo
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« Reply #96 on: October 05, 2009, 06:16:28 PM » |
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In Other Words, I think.  |
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Hamlet: The Original Emo
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« Reply #97 on: October 05, 2009, 06:30:14 PM » |
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Thanks Rainha! It's been bugging me for days that I couldn't figure it out! <3
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delphinium
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« Reply #98 on: October 05, 2009, 07:57:52 PM » |
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Oh, thanks. I just couldn't figure that one out and it didn't appear anywhere. I can rest easy now!  |
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Sway
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« Reply #99 on: October 09, 2009, 10:25:52 AM » |
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What's OH? I mistook it in a thread for "some O word, husband" in a thread.  My mind keeps trying to make it into "Other Husband" and I'm sure that's not right. Used in the context of "I and my OH moved into a new apartment". It was a boyfriend. If that helps at all. |
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DigitalPumpkin46
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« Reply #100 on: October 09, 2009, 10:27:50 AM » |
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What's OH? I mistook it in a thread for "some O word, husband" in a thread. My mind keeps trying to make it into "Other Husband" and I'm sure that's not right. Used in the context of "I and my OH moved into a new apartment". It was a boyfriend. If that helps at all. Other half. |
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DannysGirl
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« Reply #101 on: October 15, 2009, 11:23:10 PM » |
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I just figured out FTR:
For The Record
Boy, do I feel silly!
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Girly
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« Reply #102 on: November 10, 2009, 04:35:03 PM » |
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How about FI?
I can't figure that one out... I thought it was like 'future inlaw' but that doesn't make sense because it seems to be talking about a boyfriend, husband, etc.
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DottyG
Owner of the Ruby Slippers....
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« Reply #103 on: November 10, 2009, 05:32:17 PM » |
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Fiance?
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"When I come back, just for fun, the subject will be alternative history. Specifically, how would the Civil War have gone differently if Lincoln had been a robot sent from the future." Sheldon
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blue2000
I see you are playing stupid again - and you are winning.
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Two kitties - No waiting. And no sleeping either.
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« Reply #104 on: November 10, 2009, 05:42:32 PM » |
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Future Intended?
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You are only young once. After that you have to think up some other excuse.
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