A term from a Far Side cartoon has been adopted as a legitimate anatomical term for describing the spikes on a stegosaurus-like dinosaur.
Category Archives: Cartoon
Is it Cromulent?
A couple of weeks ago, an apparently totally made-up new word seemed to set the land-speed record for the jump from “early use” to “inclusion in a dictionary.” On May 12, the word malamanteau showed up in the Web comic xkcd, where it was defined as “a neologism for a portmanteau created by incorrectly combining a malapropism with a neologism.”
It’s not the clearest definition ever written, but the idea is that a malamanteau blends one or more not-quite-right words to create a completely new one. Examples include the classic misunderestimated, bewilderness (as in “lost in the bewilderness”), and insinuendos (innuendo + insinuation)
I think the author missed an opportunity by not asking the titular question.
Vocabulary isn't Enough
At Least it Doesn't Involve the LHC
Wholly Inappropriate
Inappropriate Golden Books: THE BOOK!
Apparently he’s been drawing these “inappropriate” cartoons (scenes from movies but drawn in childrens’ book form) and posting them on his blog for a couple of years. As far as I can tell, he doesn’t tag or categorize his posts, so you have to go back manually to find other similar cartoons not in this post (there are several themes I’ve seen which would benefit from this), which is a pain but is also awesome, because he’s really funny.
Such as: I wanna text you up , which gives you a glimpse of things you don’t want to see other people doing while driving, and Why I hate children
What is with kids today? At the risk of sounding like an old man, you kids suck. You brats have everything you could ever want at your fingertips and it’s never enough. For example, Legos. I had Legos growing up. Colored blocks that came with instructions with no words on them. When I would cry to my mom that I had no friends… she would say “Yeah, but you’ve got a lot of Legos.” But my Legos sucked compared to what they are today. Look at this. You like Legos? Yes. You like Star Wars? Double Yes! Well here you go….a Lego AT-AT, instant awesomeness.
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So not fair. I would have given up my Otter Pop addiction to have this as a kid. I built a Star Wars AT-AT from SCRATCH once using pieces from all of my other non-Star Wars Lego sets, because STAR WARS LEGOS WEREN’T INVENTED YET!!!
Also Fun Facts
7. Siberian Tigers do not think Frosted Flakes are that great.
8. Scientists claim that milkshakes will bring the boys to the yard.
9. The fear of women is called ‘gynaephobia’ . The fear of politicians is called ‘politicophobia’. The fear of an unqualified woman becoming a powerful politician is called ‘rational’.
Ode to the Laser
Let us not forget:
Without the laser, there’d be no Internet!
I always keep that part in mind whenever I read a rant about how wrong quantum mechanics is. A rant written on a computer and posted on the internet.
Journal-Writing Tips
Just Add Wally
Scott Adams Blog: That Lost 4G Phone
Take a moment to marvel at the fact that I didn’t need to add anything to the story as it has been told in the media. All it really needed was Wally.
I Think This Deserves a Better Grade
F-minus Comics (archive of old stuff)
The Fermi Lack-of-a-Paradox
As always, should any of your forces be caught or killed, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions click the link to go to xkcd, where you can read the hover tag.