Re: Density (of Language!)(anorak) HUH???

Jim Spiri (plyboy@teleport.com)
Wed, 26 Jun 1996 08:09:16 -0700 (PDT)

At 05:07 PM 6/26/96 +1000, Dimitri wrote:

>KESKIDI?
>WATZ E TOKIN' ABAWT?
>
in reference to:

jumars, hexcentrics,
>bashies, mashies, bugaboos, rurps, pitons, etriers, snargs,
>alpengleiters ...
>

Well, someone used the term "anorak" to mean "nerd" in a way no one
unnerstood, see, and someone suggested not using idiom, see, and so i
purposely went to a field (mountaineering) that speaks an amazing collage of
language and idiom i was sure would be comepletely opaque to those who
didn't know the code, see?

I have the solution... annotated internet!

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