uselessness has looked up 2073 words, created 118 lists, listed 4752 words, written 4110 comments, added 418 tags, and loved 109 words.
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Comments for uselessness
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You're right. I totally forgot to migrate the account over. Bummer. :-/
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Hey, do you remember the password to Wordplay? I think we must have made it with your e-mail, b/c none of the password recovery e-mails are showing up in my inbox?
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just checking for a pulse. good to see you're still alive. ;)
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hi Parker, what's up?
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Sometimes more eager than able, but I try :-)
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Ok, pronunciation pages on profiles should now show up to 1000 pronunciations. That covers all but a few fanatics. I'll add pagination next week.
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The 50 pron limit is a bug, which I'm working on...
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I think quite a few of those pronunciations were over on bilby's Take This Word And ... list (corrrect it still makes me laugh).
Things seem to keep moving along, though there've been fewer colloquies and cupcakes lately. And, of course, it's always better when you and some of the other folks hang around for a while to play--I'm glad you're here. -
704 pronunciations? That's nuts. I had no idea it was so high. How do I see them all? Looks like my pronunciation page only shows the last 50.
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"Parker Smith has created 118 lists, listed 4,752 words, written 4,104 comments, and added 418 tags, 156 favorites, and 704 pronunciations."
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Thanks for fighting the good fight on beg the question.
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I love your list of Scripted Apathy!! I don't know why I haven't come across it before.
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Parker, thx for the additions to the 1 syllable animal list! Just saw them.
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Oh man, pronunciations! This'll get me hooked again. Well, Excuuuuuuuse me, princess!
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dude I just about spit coffee all over my screen listening to some of your pronunciations. you officially rock!
a few of my favs..
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I absolutely adore your pronunciation of choo choo train. It's so side-splittingly funny!
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Hey mate. I just reactivated my account, too. Good to see your name here.
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About my pronunciations: I didn't see how to preview them. But in any case, I think my microphone is fried. I am enjoying your pronunciations, by the way.
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Hello, cocker! Glad to see you back.
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I actually put my name in there on purpose... maybe I should value my anonymity higher? Although, I use this name on so many web sites, if someone really wants to know who I am it won't be hard to sleuth. Why fight it? ;-)
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Psst, your profile page is under your real name, so you might want to tweak your settings. You know, to keep up the uselessness mystique.
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This is the best news I've come across in recent memory: Uselessness returns to Wordie!
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Oh, he's alive. Check out the Wordie Facebook group. :-)
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Are you still alive? Should we have a Wordie wake?
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And in my hour of uselessness
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Good grief. We've lost another one.
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Glad to be of service, Darth Treeseed. ;-)
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Thank you for your help with the Noxema/Noxzema debacle. I love this site. What fun! Words are so cool.
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Dhaero is pronounced "Dhare-oh", similar to "Dare-oh" but the "D" is slightly softer.
Glad you're a fellow Dr.Paul supporter. I'm smitten by him, and am one of the "band of loyal supporters" creating tiny, colorful, handmade signs to stick around town. But it's not looking good for him. :(
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Thanks for compliments on Dhaero's name. I created the word but the root is "aero". (That's meant to be a diphthong in there, however, I don't yet know how to type it as such because I'm a technology looser).
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Zoiks! Welcome back...er...dangerousness.
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Uselessness you're becoming such an essential part of modern life and its signature gadgetry.
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After eleven years of using this pseudonym around the internet, the first article about me has finally been written.
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Proud to say, the names on my marquee list are "madeupical", as far as I know. If any are already in use, the band is very obscure. Confession time: my list was inspired by your "band" list. But then you probably already suspected that. =^+^=
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Hi. You seem to be a large and engaging presence here; a good person to know when just joining. I like your lists very much and all else to be learned about you from your exchanges with other members. I adore words but am somewhat intimidated by the vast vocabularies of folks like yourself. My current mission here is to find a parsifal word to name my new son. His brothers are Odyssey and Meridian. Any ideas?
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jenna and rejen. problem solved. :)
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That sounds good! Bet the guy made for interesting conversation, too... :-)
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for vendetta...
i once went to dinner with david lloyd
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Hey Jen! (Yikes, now there's two Jens around here *tries not to get confused*)
So there's really no way to send private messages on Wordie yet, but yeah, a note on a profile is cool. Thanks for the kind words! I also enjoy rummaging through your letter-lists and finding nuggets of randomness. :-D -
I'm still trying to figure out the nuances of this message system, but 'Hi!' Your lists are a thing of beauty. -grin-
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I take full responsibility, I know better than to suggest such a thing.
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Haha, that's hilarious! It's funny, I noticed that immediately after I finished the last line, the site went "down for maintenance" so I figured you were probably doing something like that. :-)
Actually I was hoping you might, because while I love leaving that little rabbit trail as an easter egg for future generations to discover, I felt bad about cluttering things up with it all today. So, nice compromise. :-) -
Hi U, it cracks me up that you put the entirety of the beer song up, but I got a confused email from a new visitor, wondering what that was doing on a site for logophiles :-)
I hope you don't mind, but I filtered most of them from the front page, so that it didn't completely overwhelm everything else for the weekend. Hope you don't mind -- email me if you do.
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Oh, I was out most of last week, but Sera and erinoftheyear admirably stood in my stead. Now all we need is a pun war, and we'll be back in business.
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Thanks, oroboros! Looks like you really did have the site more or less to yourself last week, along with jennarenn. Great to see some infrequent and new posters also getting in on the fun, too. :-)
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Welcome back y'all. I felt like I had the site to myself last week! Zoomed to the top of the citations list. King for a day! Yay!
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I'm a usual suspect (I presume), and I was gone last week. But I'm back now too. Welcome back, uselessness. Hope you enjoyed your trip. :-)
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Actually, I think we all timed it rather well. Many of the usual suspects were gone last week.
uselessness commented on the user jennarenn
Hi Jen! Afraid I don't know the password either. I don't have it in any of my email inboxes, and I didn't receive the password requests you generated. I tried a few standard passwords I use for things like this and none of them work. Are you sure the user still exists on this site? I can't remember what the procedure was for migrating accounts over from Wordie.
Jan 15, 2012
uselessness commented on the list daydream-believer
Indeed I am! Listing unique words since 2006.
(Though less frequently of late.)
May 11, 2011
uselessness commented on the user marky
What's up with you? I haven't been on Wordnik in a rather long time!
Dec 6, 2010
uselessness commented on the user john
Now that's what I call service! I haven't been around in a while, but it's nice to see you're still eager to please. :-)
Sep 11, 2010
uselessness commented on the user uselessness
704 pronunciations? That's nuts. I had no idea it was so high. How do I see them all? Looks like my pronunciation page only shows the last 50.
Sep 11, 2010
uselessness commented on the user ruzuzu
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How's the Wordnik world (Worldnik?) these days?
Sep 11, 2010
uselessness commented on the word earworm
If we could embed videos, I would embed this one.
Jan 16, 2010
uselessness commented on the word woty09
I nominate you're something of a hotdog, aren't you for poty09!
Dec 29, 2009
uselessness commented on the word snugWow
You really don't want to know.
Dec 28, 2009
uselessness commented on the list gifts-i-do-not-wish-to-receive
Was it a rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle? What possible use could that have?
Dec 24, 2009
uselessness commented on the word porch monkey
The what? I don't have difficulty with my caucasians, thankyouverymuch.
Dec 23, 2009
uselessness commented on the word ice-cream
Such merry-making!
Dec 23, 2009
uselessness commented on the user petrbuben
Merry Christmas to you as well! I see that you are not a native English speaker, which excuses some of the perceived spamminess (machine-generated translations share much in common with machine-generated ads). And I apologize for my rudeness earlier.
Though if I may add, I believe the definition of conspiracy theory is something like "an unconfirmed claim of two or more parties conspiring in a clandestine manner." Whether the logistics of the conspiracy are plausible isn't really the issue. I have no doubt that some conspiracy theories are true, but as long as they remain unconfirmed, they still belong in that category. This is just semantics though.
Dec 23, 2009
uselessness commented on the user petrbuben
Why do you put a URL in every comment, petrbuben? It's kind of, well, spammy's not the right word... actually, on second thought, spammy is the perfect word.
We like to have conversations around here without every statement including a call to action. Endlessly repeating links makes you sound like a used-car salesman, more interested in your agenda than actually Wordnikking with other people. Try commenting on some pages unrelated to 9/11 and see what it's like to use the site without peddling your conspiracy theory. You might like it.
Dec 22, 2009
uselessness commented on the word have yourself a merry little christmas
I actually like the song quite a lot. The lyrics and tune are beautiful. It's just that one line that always sort of rubbed me the wrong way. Anyway, the real question here, is what is the difference between a Christmas carol and a Christmas song?
Dec 21, 2009
uselessness commented on the word lungers
Pronounced "lung-er" or "lunj-er"?
Dec 20, 2009
uselessness commented on the word have yourself a merry little christmas
A patronizing line in an otherwise very nice Christmas carol. It also happens to be the song's (patronizing) title. Well isn't that just precious.
Dec 20, 2009
uselessness commented on the word Flatline
Ah yes, the industry-standard way of promoting new music: hosting it on Playboy's web site. Nothing skeezy about that at all.
Dec 20, 2009
uselessness commented on the word rogue
I don't think they exist, but Wordnik was designed for all languages. Though most of us here speak English, there are plenty of citations for words in other tongues too.
Pro tip: Don't post your email address in plaintext anywhere on the internet. Spambots scrape the web looking for them and you will receive more junk mail. Best to edit your comment and delete that part, if you ask me.
Dec 20, 2009
uselessness commented on the word ð
telofy, maybe it was a typð?
Dec 20, 2009
uselessness commented on the word ǃʼOǃKung
I hope this isn't too ethnocentric of me, but I have to wonder how such a counterintuitive language ever developed. The human mouth and vocal chords make certain sounds naturally, and it seems like you'd really have to go out of your way to communicate like this instead.
Dec 20, 2009
uselessness commented on the word racist
The private reaction, on the other hand—
well, it's about the same.
Dec 19, 2009
uselessness commented on the word tip-jar thief ring
I can't get my mind around this one. We're talking petty theft on a scale so small you'd be hard-pressed to buy a Coke with the spoils. And yet, these guys organized? And further, law enforcement thought it worth their time to bust up the whole ring? As if it even had leaders or a traceable member list or regular meetings in a secret hideout somewhere... How does this sort of thing even happen in the real world?
Dec 17, 2009
uselessness commented on the word holiday
It's a jolly 'oliday with Mary!
Mary makes your 'eart so light
When the day is grey an' ordinary
Mary makes the sun shine bright!
Dec 17, 2009
uselessness commented on the word jugum penis
What is the sound of one shuddering? "Uggggggggggggh," maybe. Whatever that sound is, I'm making it now. Uggggggggggggh.
Dec 17, 2009
uselessness commented on the word bi
Bisexual.
Dec 17, 2009
uselessness commented on the word superbi
Also used as an adjective to describe someone who's not just a little bi.
Dec 17, 2009
uselessness commented on the word religitigation
Yeah, there's definitely something wrong about a soft g and a hard g in such close proximity.
Dec 17, 2009
uselessness commented on the user feedback
Looks like the pronunciations server needs a kick; I can't get any audio to play.
Dec 16, 2009
uselessness commented on the word pronunciations
Uh oh, looks like the server needs another kick! I can't get any of them to load. :-(
Dec 16, 2009
uselessness commented on the user shankargallery
Borderline? Looks more like the heartland to me.
Dec 16, 2009
uselessness commented on the list thats-what-she-said-and-other-spoken-earworms
Really!!
Dec 16, 2009
uselessness commented on the word pisghetti
You know, it sounds less than appetizing when you say it like that.
Dec 16, 2009
uselessness commented on the list thats-what-she-said-and-other-spoken-earworms
There seems to be a problem with really?!. :-(
Dec 16, 2009
uselessness commented on the word FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION
Whispered with intensity.
Dec 16, 2009
uselessness commented on the word wasted
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Dec 16, 2009
uselessness commented on the word wha happen
Reference to A Mighty Wind?
Dec 16, 2009
uselessness commented on the word what did you do
Sounds a bit like Christopher Walken too...
Dec 15, 2009
uselessness commented on the word Rogerio
Poor Rogerio. Whoever he is, the Vexamples have not been kind to him. On the other hand, he sounds like a troll.
Dec 15, 2009
uselessness commented on the word shenanigan
A curiosity: I've never seen one by itself. Usually they travel in packs.
Dec 15, 2009
uselessness commented on the word ubber
I can only assume this is meant to be uber, which is annoying enough in its own right, but the Vexamples for this "word" leave me cringing in despair.
Dec 15, 2009
uselessness commented on the word dumbassery
frogapplause, you are teh funny!
Dec 15, 2009
uselessness commented on the word yestermeme
Yesterday's meme. With the fast pace of meme turnovers these days, what was just this morning an awesome viral internet link can suddenly become a stale yestermeme.
"Oh, that? Yeah, I've seen it already. What, do you live under a rock or something?"
Dec 15, 2009
uselessness commented on the word 'zuzu
Isn't this Jimmy Stewart's character's daughter in It's A Wonderful Life?
Dec 15, 2009
uselessness commented on the user orange123
Erm, actually it's Sunday, and I have nothing better to do with my time than ignore my calendar. Clearly.
Dec 13, 2009
uselessness commented on the user orange123
SPAMMER!!!!!!
Dec 13, 2009
uselessness commented on the word incentivize
"He says he’s familiar with the album but he thought we were getting on the phone to talk about incentivizing heavy users in order to optimize the network resources blah blah and I’m like, Dude, if you ever use the word incentivize around me again I swear I will get in my Gulfstream and fly to wherever you are and I will smash you in the face with a rock."
-Fake Steve Jobs
Dec 12, 2009
uselessness commented on the word Mr. Pronunciation
Done.
Dec 12, 2009
uselessness commented on the word Mr. Pronunciation
The dulcet, sonorous personality behind every perfectly neutral American Heritage pronunciation. But even he has bad days sometimes, or is simply a victim of low-bitrate audio files.
Dec 12, 2009
uselessness commented on the word treacle
According to Mr. Pronunciation, it's "teekle."
Dec 12, 2009