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on ejaculariat, Lampbane said:
"In reference to a Takashi Murakami work (NSFW)." more...
on hyperdeath, Lampbane said:
Futurama, episode 2x06, "Brannigan, Begin Again"
"When the Democratic Order of Planets opens their new headquarters, Zapp uses his ship's "hyperdeath" setting to cut the ribbon, destroying the station." more...
on oh boy!, Lampbane said:
"Sam says this at the beginning of most episodes of Quantum Leap after he sees what/who he's just lept into." more...
on frack, Lampbane said:
"More Frak Than You Could Ever Want (io9, May 16, 2008):

It's the censorship-evading word that stands as proof at how involved Battlestar Galactica has become in modern popular culture.

Frak used to be much more polite: According to the..." more...
on frak, Lampbane said:
"More Frak Than You Could Ever Want (io9, May 16, 2008):

It's the censorship-evading word that stands as proof at how involved Battlestar Galactica has become in modern popular culture. Frak has even shown up in non-Cylon-friendly shows like..." more...
on fuck, Lampbane said:
In the News
" Bad Words, Overused, Can Lose Their Sting (New York Times, 05/16/08):

The most surprising thing about Sue Simmons’s unbleeped blooper the other night is that anyone in this city even noticed.

You may have read about her unfortunate..." more...
on snu-snu, Lampbane said:
Futurama, episode 3x01, "Amazon Women in the Mood"
"The Amazonians will be divided into three groups. The one called Zapp will be snu-snued by the large women. He that is designated Fry will be snu-snued by the petite women. And Kif, as the most attractive male, will be snu-snued by the most beautiful women of Amazonia. Then the large women. Then the petite..." more...
on champagne, Lampbane said:
Futurama, episode 1x04, "Love's Labors Lost in Space"
"Zapp Brannigan: Want the rest of the shampagan?
Leela: It's pronounced champagne." more...
on killbot, Lampbane said:
Futurama, episode 1x04, "Love's Labors Lost in Space"
"You see, Killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them, until they reached their limit and shut down." more...
on brannigan's law, Lampbane said:
"Wikipedia on Brannigan's Law:

"Brannigan's Law states that one cannot interfere with an undeveloped planet, a parody of the Prime Directive from Star Trek."

Zapp Brannigan on Brannigan's Law:

"Brannigan's Law is like Brannigan's love: hard and fast." more...
on cake, Lampbane said:
Portal (2007)
"The cake is a lie!" more...
on d20, Lampbane said:
"A twenty-sided die." more...
on demon blood, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (01/25/08):

"Honey, is this demon blood still good? I think it's crystallized." more...
on fist pound, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (03/07/08):

"Fist Pounding: When is it appropriate?" more...
on waffle, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (03/28/08):

"Can't you hear them? Can't you hear the waffles?" more...
on peacebonding, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (04/02/08):

"'Peacebonding' means you agree not to hurt anyone with your cannon... thing." more...
on tweetworthy, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (04/23/08):

"You don't need to tweet this. It's not tweetworthy." more...
on lol, Lampbane said:
"See also lolcat." more...
on epoch fail, Lampbane said:
xkcd
"My code's crashing when given pre-1970 dates." more...
on maintain, Lampbane said:
In the News
"Mayor Bloomberg’s Least Favorite Word (New York Times, May 12, 2008):

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg may have a few words like “unconscionable” that he cannot say frequently enough, but there is at least one word..." more...
on r2-d2, Lampbane said:
"Starting with A New Hope I would say C-3PO really belongs to Princess Leia - he remains at the Yavin base with her during the battle, then in Empire Strikes Back he escapes with Han and Leia aboard the Millennium Falcon. As for R2-D2, he's pretty much Luke's as of the Yavin IV battle.

Interesting..." more...
on pre-suspension, Lampbane said:
"Something we had at my K-8 school. Instead of being thrown out of the school building entirely, kids would be thrown out of their class and be forced to stay with a younger grade until their sentence was served." more...
on superflat, Lampbane said:
"Takashi Murakami for the win!" more...
on woot, Lampbane said:
"It's okay, I'm not shedding any tears over it... woot." more...
on woot, Lampbane said:
"VanishedOne: I already posted that link." more...
on bump, Lampbane said:
"In message boards and the like, bumping is the act of posting to push a particular thread to the top of the active list.

Some say it means "Bring Up My Post" but that's a backronym." more...
on woot, Lampbane said:
"Contrary to what Merriam-Webster says, this word is not an acronym for "We Owned the Other Team." (I've never even heard of that before.) That would be a backronym.

See Grant Barrett's history of..." more...
on hell-diver, Lampbane said:
"What, no holy-diver?" more...
on mobyaphobia, Lampbane said:
"Or a fear of bald, vegan techno musicians." more...
on libratorr, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (8/3/07):

"I thought librarian implied gender, like... like 'sorceress.'" more...
on libraryman, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (8/3/07):

"So you're saying men can be librarians?" more...
on shitwizard, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (6/25/07):

"Someone needs to remind these shitwizards that they make chips, and not jet skis, or luges!" more...
on rocketeering, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (3/23/07):

"I fly around with my jetpack, and I fight Nazis." more...
on hypocritic oath, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (1/10/07):

"I'm free to radically alter my beliefs whenever it's convenient." more...
on renkinjutsushi, Lampbane said:
Japanese
"Alchemist."

Fullmetal Alchemist is known as "Hagane no Renkinjutsushi" ("Alchemist of Steel") in Japanese and often abbreviated as Hagaren." more...
on chuwero, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (11/10/06):

"You said that we have 'asshole faces,' and that we 'eat and fuck shit.'" more...
on armadeaddon, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (8/8/06):

"We come to the mall to get Dead Rising, and it's infested with fucking zombies? Ironic, don'tcha think?" more...
on delicious, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (7/12/06):

"What does it mean to be delicious? Can something untasteable posess some flavor that is metatastual? Could, then, an idea be delicious?" more...
on chokeaeran, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (6/14/06):

Tycho: "Not dragons per se. Technically, they're Dragaerans."
Gabe: "That's fair. Let's say I were to... chokeaeran you. Would you appreciate the distinction?" more...
on sorcelator, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (5/19/06):

"Steadying himself atop the speeding Lamborghini, the sorcelator drew his twin wands - Hurt, and Burn. He was going to make damn sure the Pirate Assassins and their metal friends rued this day, and rued it hard." more...
on lesbonese, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (3/27/06):

Tycho: "What I understand is that you spent a hundred dollars on manga, and you can't read Japanese."
Gabe: "Yes, but I do read Lesbonese." more...
on mangannaise, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (3/27/06):

Gabe: "This is mangannaise."
Tycho: "You're just saying words you heard today. This is porno." more...
on horsepire, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (2/1/06):

"As you enter the Black Stable, the horsepire whinnies malevolently." more...
on unicorn giggles, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (1/25/06):

"Oh, Black is so wonderful! It's like drinking unicorn giggles!" more...
on mais-hole, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (12/14/05):

Gabe: "So I couldn't call you a mais-hole."
Tycho: "You could, but it wouldn't mean anything. Hole isn't a French word." more...
on elemenstor, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (11/7/05):

"A flash of lightning tore through the tumult, illuminating the grizzled Elemenstor and his ambulatory dresser." more...
on cockthirsty, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (9/16/05):

"I'm going to give you one big word, and whenever you want to seem smart, just bust it out. They'll think you're awesome." more...
on found cake, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (7/29/05):

"You can't just find cake. Cake isn't naturally occurring." more...
on kung-foo rooster, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (6/15/05):

"He was a chicken that knew kung-fu." more...
on sxwčšt'qá, Lampbane said:
"Looks like you can add it to your list properly if you click on sarra's link.

(And hey, I could have written it properly too, I had a 50/50 shot at it. Which I blew. Just goes to show that the first instinct is usually right.)" more...
on sxwčšt'qá, Lampbane said:
"Sorry, you said "x with rounded secondary articulation" so I assumed that the superscript was the indicator in itself. Clearly, this language is even more complicated than I thought." more...
on hobosexual, Lampbane said:
"Would someone who likes to have sex with robot hobos be a robohobosexual, then?" more...
on sxwčšt'qá, Lampbane said:
"Sxwčšt'qá?" more...
on arg, Lampbane said:
"Also, Alternate Reality Game." more...
on conchomancy, Lampbane said:
"Divination with shells." more...
on botanomancy, Lampbane said:
"Divination by burning sage or figs." more...
on alomancy, Lampbane said:
"Divination using salt." more...
on shitfucker, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (2/14/05):

"I think the main problem I have is that you are a shitfucker." more...
on merch, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (1/5/05):

"If kids buy enough products, the Merch rouses from his coma just long enough to impart some keen insight." more...
on headcrab, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (11/15/04):

"This isn't dandruff! This is an alien parasite, controlling my every move!" more...
on gayzor mountains, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (11/3/04):

"This might not be necessary. If these are indeed the Gayzor Mountains, we can safely assume that the inhabitants share certain customs." more...
on wheatloaf, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (8/9/04):

"I'm making wheatloaf. It's like meatloaf, only with wheat." more...
on eroticon, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (6/21/04):

"I said that playing Transformers was like getting oral sex from Optimus Prime while Eroticons massage energon into your most secret, sensual places." more...
on canid, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (5/21/07):

"I dreamed our world had been conquered by malevolent, spacefaring dog-men, known as the Canid." more...
on labia, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (11/28/03):

"My parents are coming over tonight. I don't want you to say Labia." more...
on stave, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (9/17/03):

"The judge says we can't use swords, magic, or items in this battle. He recommended staves instead. I don't know what those are." more...
on fan-fucking-tastic, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (7/7/03):

"Fan-fucking-tastic might not be a word, but we can give it the star treatment with a few hyphens!" more...
on claw shrimp, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (6/19/02):

"This injury is very reminiscent of a Claw Shrimp attack." more...
on the list No Hablo Español, Lampbane said:
"Then be enlightened and know that "¿Qué?" is "What?" and "que" is "that." more...
on stuponfucious, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (12/10/03):

"It's the state of... You know, it's induced by... thinking something is... is... Awesome." more...
on hat made of money, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (10/23/00):

"Do you like my hat? It's made of MONEY!" more...
on deep crow, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (10/10/07):

"Also, Power Dome A is now the roost of a truly ancient Deep Crow." more...
on fisherman's mouth, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (11/26/07):

"Trust me: nobody ever wants anything to do with anyone who has something called 'Fisherman's Mouth.'" more...
on babyta ray, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (11/23/07)" more...
on womanta ray, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (11/23/07)" more...
on unbewiiver, Lampbane said:
"Penny Arcade (9/10/2007):

"I no longer believe the propaganda spread by Xbots and Unbewiivers." more...
on taser, Lampbane said:
"Wikipedia to the rescue!" more...
on taser, Lampbane said:
"I have no idea if you're being sarcastic or not. I was referring to the Imus/Rutgers incident." more...
on taser, Lampbane said:
"I never got the impression that WOTY always had to be new, just important. And I think taser was important this year, as was nappy." more...
on por, Lampbane said:
"Well, it's more of a "done and over with" versus "ongoing." The journey versus the destination.

(At least, that's the best I can manage when I'm not actively using the language anymore.)" more...
on the list No Hablo Español, Lampbane said:
"Que is already on there. Unless you're asking why I made this list. I did it because I'm curious how much Spanish I still remember.

If only this site was around when I was still in high school..." more...
on jaffa, Lampbane said:
"I think the mispronunciation was actually kind of funny. It was kind of like how people might pronounce tomato or coupon. I do wish they had at least had one person point it out." more...
on the list Believe It or Not, Lampbane said:
"I actually took both metaphysics and existentialism in high school." more...
on por, Lampbane said:
"There's a reason I made that notation - so I don't screw it up myself." more...
on qué, Lampbane said:
"(Spanish) "What?" more...
on que, Lampbane said:
"(Spanish) That, which." more...
on miércoles, Lampbane said:
"I was watching The Addams Family (the movie) in Spanish once, and I was disappointed to see that they had changed Wednesday's name to Marina." more...
on por, Lampbane said:
"By; through; because of. Not to be confused with para." more...
on para, Lampbane said:
"For; in order to. Not to be confused with por." more...
on aleithiometer, Lampbane said:
"I think you mean alethiometer." more...
on the list Letters, Lampbane said:
"Sorting these in alphabetical order yields some interesting results." more...
on catchy, Lampbane said:
"I find this word ugly. Not in sound, but in appearance." more...
on the list Letters, Lampbane said:
"That's the long s." more...
on the list Letters, Lampbane said:
"How about ſ?" more...
on Æsahættr, Lampbane said:
"It's the special characters." more...
on ailuromancy, Lampbane said:
"Divination by studying the movements of cats." more...
on acultomancy, Lampbane said:
"Divination by studying needles dropped into a bowl of water or surface coated with powder." more...
on abacomancy, Lampbane said:
"Divination by studying the patterns in dirt, dust, sand, silt, or even the ashes of the recently deceased." more...
on scrying, Lampbane said:
"Divination by gazing into objects like crystal balls, mirrors, and water." more...
on Æsahættr, Lampbane said:
"The Subtle Knife." more...
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