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naomi2
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 Mon, Aug 13 2018, 6:26 pm
| amother wrote: | | A wackadoodle. |
For some reason this word is really tickling my funny bone
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ra_mom
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Mon, Aug 13 2018, 6:34 pm
It's short for not 100% normal.
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Mistyrose
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Mon, Aug 13 2018, 9:38 pm
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I'd rather be described as not 100% than as a wackadoodle. Wackadoodle is a humorous word but clearly means "total nut case". "Not 100%" means a little off in some way but not necessarily a total nut case. And I would disagree with the poster who feels that "not 100%" is judgmental while "wackadoodle" is not. Punk farkert. "Not 100%" is a euphemism for "something a little bit wrong with him" while "wackadoodle", humorous though it may be, is definitely a pejorative. Possibly even an affectionate pejorative, but a pejorative just the same.
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zaq
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Mon, Aug 13 2018, 9:40 pm
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Amother khaki, how is a pejorative not a judgment?
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imasinger
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Mon, Aug 13 2018, 9:40 pm
A few bulbs short of a chandelier.
The butter slipped off the noodles.
The elevator doesn't go up to the top floor.
A sandwich short of a picnic.
Not the sharpest tool in the toolbox.
Been microwaving with the door open again.
Not firing on all cylinders.
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penguin
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Mon, Aug 13 2018, 9:46 pm
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REMEMBER - AS FAR AS ANYONE KNOWS WE ARE A NORMAL FAMILY!
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causemommysaid
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Mon, Aug 13 2018, 9:46 pm
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this thread is making me LOL
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amother
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Mon, Aug 13 2018, 10:00 pm
| zaq wrote: | | Amother khaki, how is a pejorative not a judgment? |
It’s more of an opinion, then a judgement.
“That lady is going around the US harassing all the Muslim candidates for Congress, she’s a complete wackadoodle” (an eccentric or fanatical person)
“Yup, from what I can see she’s not 100%.”
The way I see it the first sentence gives an opinion of what she doing, and the second comments on her mental capacity.
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zaq
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Mon, Aug 13 2018, 10:04 pm
| imasinger wrote: | A few bulbs short of a chandelier.
The butter slipped off the noodles.
The elevator doesn't go up to the top floor.
A sandwich short of a picnic.
Not the sharpest tool in the toolbox.
Been microwaving with the door open again.
Not firing on all cylinders. |
a few cards short of a deck
not the sharpest knife in the drawer
The lights are on but nobody's home.
Somebody blew out his pilot light.
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penguin
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Mon, Aug 13 2018, 10:37 pm
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Is it "not the sharpest crayon in the box" or "not the brightest"?
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jewwoman
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Tue, Aug 14 2018, 7:36 am
This thread made my lol.
Call me what you like I will probably laugh in your face and then agree with you.
I like to consider myself normal but hey ho im not really who can honestly say they are 100% normal...
Wackadoodle is a new one. I have never heard of that.
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zaq
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Tue, Aug 14 2018, 8:07 am
| jewwoman wrote: |
Wackadoodle is a new one. I have never heard of that. |
It’s a great word, right up there with flabbergast, flibbertigibbet, and hornswoggle. Can’t use any of them in official correspondence, more’s the pity.
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