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- From: cliftonr@netcom.com (Pope Clifton)
- Subject: Re: Another naming contest
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.050640.25569@netcom.com>
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- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 05:06:40 GMT
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- L. Stewart -- IS Office 1058 (lstewart@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca) wrote:
- : 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"), ...
- :
- : I suggest `rim jockeys', `volcano food', or `suck weasels'.
- :
- I kind of like the idea of being a "rim jockey", or maybe "rim dweller."
- Has connotations of both cave and volcano -- the newt newly emerged from
- the cave, teetering in the rim of the cave, the crater beckoning below,
- the newt blinded by the unaccustomed sunlight. Like the sexual connotations
- too.
- Sign me up for "rim dweller" -- or "rim jockey" -- or is there a waiting
- list?
- -- Clifton (flame bait again)
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