The Several Stages of Wordie/Wordnik Addiction

reesetee No, thank you. Arrr. (It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day.) Sep 19, 2012

ruzuzu Thanks, treeeees. Sep 19, 2012

ruzuzu See comments on slender snipe eel. Sep 14, 2012

kalayzich WORDIE
Scottish

A word, esp. a little or slight one.
1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 30 She her Man, like a Lamy led Hame, wi a well wail'd Wordy.
1785 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 124 A pack..Wha..Can easy, wi' a single wordie, Louse h-ll upon me.
a1840 J. Baillie Woo'd & Married (song) 38 Weel waled were his wordies.
1932 R. L. Cassie Sangs 25 We pauchle on, we peenge an' pine For want o' wordies wee.
1979 P. Reading Coll. Poems (1995) I. 223 Speak to me, Cocky. Say a little wordie.
2000 Aberdeen Evening Press (Nexis) 21 July 18 He's comin ower tae hae a wordie wie' us! Aug 31, 2012

reesetee :-D Aug 30, 2012

ruzuzu Thanks, treeeees. Aug 30, 2012

reesetee Sorry, ru--didn't mean for you to feel as though you were talking to yourself. I'm adding your addiction to the list to give it that special Latvian flair. The joke may be on you, but at least we can read about it. ;-) Aug 30, 2012

ruzuzu Paldies, pterodactyl. Jul 16, 2012

pterodactyl You're not just talking to yourself, 'zuzu! :-)

Of course, I don't speak Latvian, so my attentiveness doesn't help you. But maybe it's the thought that counts? Jul 13, 2012

ruzuzu And there's got to be something about realizing that you've made five comments in a row--that you're talking to yourself--but plowing ahead anyway. Jul 13, 2012

ruzuzu Of course, maybe it's something to do with hope for the future of humanity or something. *sighs* Jul 13, 2012

ruzuzu So I just made a pun that only speakers of Latvian would understand, but I felt safe doing it because mialuthien used to hang out here. I suppose this would be something like "making a joke that might be understood by just one other person in the world, even though that person hasn't come to the site in ages (and the joke itself is not that funny)."

Does this mean the joke's on me? Jul 13, 2012

jennarenn Does anybody else click on a word to write a comment and then see that they wrote the exact same comment four years ago? Glad to know that I'm the same person.

(e.g. I still think of this list as the seven stages of wordie addiction.) Jan 16, 2012

reesetee Ha! That makes two of us. (Or more.) Jun 8, 2011

blafferty I wonder how many wordnik tabs I can have open on my browser at once. Jun 8, 2011

reesetee Indeed! Say, you really are getting the hang of this addiction. :-) May 6, 2011

blafferty How about when you see an old word and think of hernesheir? May 6, 2011

reesetee *chimes in with everyone else*

Welcome, blafferty!

*sips Kopi Luwak coffee from crappucino mug* May 5, 2011

fbharjo Wait until you get to the 12th step, Blafferty! You are just entering the metaphorest!
*Little Read Writing Hood??* May 4, 2011

dontcry By George, I think she's got it!
*snort* May 4, 2011

blafferty *starts using asterisks to narrate her life outside of wordie* May 4, 2011

dontcry I started using the word wordie outside of wordie. May 4, 2011

blafferty Wow, I feel so welcome. *sniff*
My name is blafferty, and I'm a wordict.
I recently started calling my daughter fuflun instead of cupcake. May 4, 2011

Prolagus I started using the word fufluns outside Wordie. May 4, 2011

reesetee Yeeeesss, yesss. This, my friend, is the other normal. Mmmwwwaaaaahahaha. May 4, 2011

ruzuzu Mmmmmmmmmm. Snickerdoodles. May 4, 2011

dontcry I just baked some snickerdoodles...
*makes up a plate - sets it next to folding chair*
*runs to look for super-comfy pillows and a light blanket* May 4, 2011

ruzuzu *pulls up a metal folding chair for blafferty*

Welcome. Would you like a cup of coffee?
May 4, 2011

blafferty Wow, I had no idea there was a place where I was normal. Whew. May 4, 2011

ruzuzu Amen. Nov 23, 2010

sionnach Having a specific region of one's brain permanently dedicated solely to monitoring all input for the possible occurrence of a new specific excrement term. Because we live in hope. Nov 23, 2010

reesetee Excellent. Added.

So am I, R. :-) Oct 29, 2010

ruzuzu The nagging feeling that mollusque is the only appropriate spelling for mollusk or mollusc.

Glad you're back, R. :-) Oct 29, 2010

bilby And if there's not an appropriate one you can create a list for all the rest :-/ Oct 22, 2010

ruzuzu I've been using the Random word feature to hunt for unlisted words, and I just realized I have so many lists that there's an appropriate one for each random word I encounter. Oct 21, 2010

dontcry *snort* Aug 18, 2010

reesetee Oh yeah. You have it bad. Aug 17, 2010

ruzuzu The most frightening part of all, of course, is that I know I should be frightened, but I'm not. It just feels so... right... like sweet fufluns, or soft cheeses, or a drive in the country with Toonces and a swaddled, mitt-wearing....

Oh no!

Toonces, look out! Aug 17, 2010

reesetee Don't be ashamed, ruzuzu. It's all part of the stages. You're one of us now.

Frightening, isn't it? Aug 17, 2010

ruzuzu I... I can't even begin to tell you about the list I was just thinking of making. See Specific Excrement for my secret shame. Aug 17, 2010

agatehinge This list is truly appalling. Apr 11, 2010

reesetee I (ahem) rephrased it a bit to make it shorter--so far it hasn't borked anything. See what you think. :-) Jul 22, 2009

PossibleUnderscore Actually enjoys listening to friends' feeble complaints about the English language then rephrasing it using the wierdest words from wordie... probably too long to add. But I assure you, it is not an insane urge to enter hideously long words in an attempt to bork wordie! Jul 22, 2009

bilby *bows* Milud. Feb 26, 2009

reesetee Good catch. :-) Feb 26, 2009

bilby attend pubs that keep the Shorter Oxford Dictionary. See antefluance. Feb 26, 2009

reesetee Thanks, all--great ideas. Ah, it's nice to be among friends. :-)

You know, when I crack a Wordie joke among non-Wordies, it's usually followed by a brief silence, then this:

Other person: "Wordie?"

Me: "Uhm...yes."

Other person: "I thought so. It's weird enough." Feb 26, 2009

fbharjo "when you dream of the making the wrong turn on the turnpike - autobahn (autobonding??) - beyond the pale." (As Bugs Bunny said "I knew I should have made a left turn in Albuquerque." Hare meets Herr 1944) That a possible entry in a word list, isn't it? word-offs??
Feb 26, 2009

chained_bear I do that a couple times a week. :) And don't bother explaining the joke—nobody else will get it.

Although... come to think of it... Today I said to my S.O. that something sucks out loud on toast with butter, and S.O. laughed hysterically. Imagine if I'd not been too lazy to add "lingonberry." So it cuts both ways. *shrugs*

Reesetee, a suggestion? Tagging spree? Feb 26, 2009

plethora I think we've all been there, dc. Feb 26, 2009

dontcry Cracking a "wordie-insider" joke and laughing at it before realizing that you're the only one at the party who gets it -- then continuing to enjoy it anyway. Feb 26, 2009

frogapplause Looking in the telephone directory for WAA (Wordie Addiction Anonymous). Feb 26, 2009

Prolagus After a comment frindley made on my facebook profile, I have the feeling I should, ahem, confess that I bought a book for my next Wordie list. (*blushes*) Feb 26, 2009

Prolagus Maybe something like My unconscious calls me by my Wordie screen name? Jan 1, 2009

dontcry When you dream about yourself and your name, in the dream, is your wordie screen name. The dream has nothing what-so-ever to do with wordie. Jan 1, 2009

jennarenn Huh. Makes me wonder how many other words I've been misreading. Jun 26, 2008

reesetee Don't think so, jenn. As far as I remember, it started out with this name. Jun 26, 2008

jennarenn Out of curiosity, has the list name changed over time? Didn't this used to be the seven stages of wordie addiction? Jun 26, 2008

reesetee You know how it is. If you haven't been In Country, you just don't get it. May 2, 2008

dontcry Thanks, man. *sniff* I feel a little better just talking about it -- um, to you, not my spouse... May 1, 2008

reesetee Wow, dontcry. You have it bad. Welcome. :-D May 1, 2008

dontcry Feeling guiltier about not commenting on wordie than not commenting on what your spouse just said to you. May 1, 2008

Prolagus I call 'lists' facebook groups. Apr 23, 2008

reesetee You have my sympathies, Prolagus--from a fellow sufferer. :-) Mar 28, 2008

Prolagus I think I have a chronic refresher syndrome. Mar 28, 2008

reesetee Welcome, muamor. As you can see, you're in excellent company. :-) Mar 3, 2008

muamor 'Wordholism´ is a severe disease.
I humbly bow in front of this list. :o)
Hello, my name is Lea and I'm a wordholic. Mar 2, 2008

reesetee Well, the editing in this case seemed to take a lot of the fun out of your comments...so I apologize. But they had to be preserved for wordieternity, you see. Nov 28, 2007

sionnach Oh, noooo ... if I would of realized my prose was to be immortalized here, I could of tried to be less prolix. Bollix!

FWIW, the erstwhile problem of not being able to edit one's most recent comment seems to be fixed. Thanks, John! Wot a klassy site is wordie. Nov 28, 2007

reesetee Wow. I'm in excellent company, it seems....Sionnach, I hope your suggestions don't break Wordie. I had to do some serious editing before Wordie would accept them as "words." :-)

Anyone here know CPR? We need to revive mollusque! Nov 28, 2007

sionnach Guilt experienced while engaging in "normal" social Thanksgiving activities that the time would be better served devoted to Wordie.

Followed by a grim sense of resignation that one will miss out on the juiciest post-holiday comments due to the obvious impossibility of catching up on six days of scintillating wordie badinage. Nov 28, 2007

arby Mounting experiments solely to provoke WeirdNet - see peeler for context. Nov 28, 2007

mollusque Then there's withdrawal symptoms caused by inability to keep up your 100 word a day average because the major grant proposal due next week precludes you from doing more than keeping up with comments. It's like... like...wordasphyxia...*turns blue, falls off chair* Nov 28, 2007

reesetee Ah, yes. Word apnea. Lucky it didn't progress to wordsomnia, mollusque.

I'd say making word lists on the train instead of reading qualifies. Even worse, though, is making word lists at work instead of working. Guilty as charged. (But I did skip lunch to make up for it.)
Nov 28, 2007

mollusque All known words or all possible words? (At least I've passed the word apnea stage. I woke up six times one night the first week.)

Is one of the stages making word lists on the train instead of reading? Nov 28, 2007

reesetee We can't possibly--what are you saying, arby? We can't possibly list all words??

*slumping off in existential despair* Nov 28, 2007

arby How about acceptance that you can't possibly list all words, or do we never reach that stage??

I frequently suffer from rage at forgetting words to add due to being AFC (Away From Computer). I think that's what Wordie Mobile is supposed to help me with, if I could only remember that it exists!

Ah, irony. Nov 28, 2007

reesetee Haha! I go away for a weekend and come back to a herd of fun comments! Gotta love it.

FWIW, John, I was having that trouble too--and also, in some cases, I was unable to edit comments at the top of lists. Haven't tried it again recently, though. Oct 22, 2007

chained_bear John (and co.):
No, I don't mind when y'all call me c_b. If it's easier to type you can just say CB.

Re: the list I was trying to delete. I tried it once more and it took a while, but the deletion worked, it was gone next time I logged in. If I figure out another one I'd like to get rid of, I'll happily test it for you Monday between 8 and 4 eastern. :) Oct 22, 2007

john jennarenn and c_b, I think I just fixed this. Could we coordinate a time to test? In case it's list deletion that's causing the server to seize up, and I didn't fix it, I'd like to be around when you try it, so I can put things right if necessary. I'm traveling tomorrow, but maybe sometime monday? Please email me, if you wouldn't mind scheduling a quick test. Oct 21, 2007

jennarenn c_b, the same thing happened to me. I ended up leaving the list. Oct 21, 2007

john c_b (do you mind when we call you c_b, chained_bear?), you might have given me a clue in tracking down a bug that's been driving me *craaazzzzy*. every once in a while the wordie server loses its mind: the load average goes through the roof, and it becomes either really slow or doesn't respond at all. I know it's being caused by a rogue query--some database operation that uses way too much memory and/or never completes. i haven't been able to find it, but you just gave me some good places to look. so thanks, i hope :-) Oct 21, 2007

chained_bear Yeah, me too! Actually I've been trying to delete one in particular, but every time I do it, I get the "wait while Wordie thinks for a minute" sign, and then the whole thing freezes up. Even if it's open in another tab at the same time (I'm bad that way...), even that tab won't work. Am I breaking Wordie?!

p.s. skipv, there's always room for one more. ;) (retort, I mean) Oct 21, 2007

palooka That's another good issue jennaren - having a great list idea that just doesn't work out in the end. I have a number of clunker lists I should delete. Oct 21, 2007

jennarenn palooka, you are spot on. I responded to my dry period by deleting lists. Oct 20, 2007

skipvia And by then you have forgotten your retort... Oct 20, 2007

skipvia And how about the sense of despair when you have a good retort for chained_bear and Wordie is temporarily unavailable--will return shortly and it returns, but not shortly? Oct 20, 2007

chained_bear Don't forget anger that you can't possibly list them all. Usually preceded by denial that you can't possibly list them all. Oct 20, 2007

chained_bear Ha! Yes, palooka, and that's when you catch up on comments! :) Oct 20, 2007

palooka There's also "Holy shit, I just ran out of list ideas!" That stage is similar to an artist's dry period. Oct 20, 2007

trivet What about the vergerhade dreams? Oct 19, 2007

oroboros Mortification you'll never catch up (on comments). :oD Oct 19, 2007