The Devil's Pictionary

[davar55]

Originally Posted by only_human

Thank you: An acknowledgement of services after either hernia or proctology testing.
Twist and shout: 1) A Beatles Song. 2) A laxative commercial's marketing jingle

Twist and Shout: A dance done while doing the laundry.
Tango and Cache: A dance done waiting for a carriage return in the laundromat.
Minuet Waltz: A complex dance done just before putting another quarter in the meter.

(Well, I get an A for effort at least.)

[Uncwilly]

Originally Posted by davar55

Twist and Shout: A dance done while doing the laundry.

Pride and Joy: 2 vintage household cleaning products

[only_human]

Cow-tropes:
Total Bull on the internet keeps them buffaloed and cowed. See also: Caltrops, Caltrans.

[davar55]

isotopic - protonically identical but differing in neutronic capacity

isotropic - similar no matter what direction approached from

topologic - the middle name of a mouse that roared

[only_human]

Animate: n.
A pretty name for a dangerous zombie.

Adobe isn't killing Flash, just changing the name of the tool that makes it

In a blog post announcing the change, Adobe credited Flash with “[pushing] the web forward.” But the company also conceded that HTML5, which is friendlier to laptop batteries and not the security nightmare Flash has become, has matured enough to “be the web platform of the future across all devices.”

To that end, Adobe is updating Animate CC in January with new features, along with releasing an HTML5 video player for desktop browsers.

But Flash isn’t going away. Animate CC will still support Flash creation, along with HTML5, WebGL, 4K video, and SVG. And you’re still going to run into content online that requires Flash Player (such as Facebook games), and, yes, even some Flash video. Adobe says that Facebook will be sending back “security information” to Adobe so the company can improve Flash Player’s security. Adobe’s blog post also mentions having worked with “Microsoft and Google to help ensure the ongoing compatibility and security of Flash content” in browsers.

[davar55]

binary dollars: money that you have or have not

[xilman]

Bitcoin: a coin which can not be bitten to test for authenticity.

[davar55]

Originally Posted by xilman

Bitcoin: a coin which can not be bitten to test for authenticity.

(Excellent. So good I had to quote it!)

e-dough: the generic term for e-cash in Japan

[only_human]

they:

The Washington Post Style Guide Now Accepts Singular ‘They’

[kladner]

Originally Posted by only_human

they:

The Washington Post Style Guide Now Accepts Singular ‘They’

Given my work in an LGBTQ social service organization, where there are many in the "T" category, I have had to allow myself the broad "they" usage. As I grew up in a Grammar Nazi household, where any deviation was jumped on, this still causes guilty twinges, especially when I use it in writing.

I may be the only person I know, possibly excluding siblings, who can and does use "lie" and "lay" correctly (in the non-falsehood sense for the former.) This includes obscure forms such as "lain". "The body had to have lain there for many hours."

[only_human]

Originally Posted by kladner

Given my work in an LGBTQ social service organization, where there are many in the "T" category, I have had to allow myself the broad "they" usage. As I grew up in a Grammar Nazi household, where any deviation was jumped on, this still causes guilty twinges, especially when I use it in writing.

Overall I'm glad this is reaching acceptance. "They is" is going to need to be avoided for a while; it hits the ear a bit hard.

You hasn't been a problem for quite a long time.

When learning foreign languages, oftentimes I would like "y'all" to be an acceptable (no stigma) general-use plural because it gets unwieldy for the English translations to indicate the foreign equivalent.