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- From: lstewart@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (L. Stewart -- IS Office 1058)
- Subject: Re: Another naming contest
- Message-ID: <BxGrKr.7wC@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <1992Nov8.042007.28701@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 19:31:38 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov8.042007.28701@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca> aaron@space.ualberta.ca writes:
- >It has recently come to the attention of some of us that while there are well-
- >defined terms for both newcomes to talk.bizarre("newbies")and long-time
- >residents(patrons?)of talk.bizarre("oldbies"), there is an astonishing lack of
- >term for the transitional period in which, let's face it, most of us
- >languish. Any ideas? Or is there a term of great tradition with whose usage I
- >am unfamiliar?
- >
- >Otherwise you'll have to kill us all.
- >
- >--
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- I suggest `rim jockeys', `volcano food', or `suck weasels'.
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