bumper fucked

Kathryn Remlinger remlingk at GVSU.EDU
Tue Dec 5 13:31:16 UTC 2006 

Hi all,

A 17 year old boy I know has been using "bumper fucked" to descrbe an accident his mom was in where her car's back bumper was hit by another car. Has anyone heard this term before?

Kate


Kathryn Remlinger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English: Linguistics
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, Michigan
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  1. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_=A0_=A0_=A0_Re:_[ADS-L]_Barack__Hussein_?= Obama
  2. Overheard on the local FOX news:
  3. Texas Deep-Fried Turkey (and other Texas foods and phrases)
  4. WUXTRA ! WUXTRA!: "hike down," "man up"
  5. saving the world (19)
  6. Precious (3)
  7. Yee-ha(w) / "Rebel yell" (11)
  8. bad guys (3)
  9. Enemy (3)
 10. pornament (7)
 11. Zurinskas (Was: saving the world)
 12. "buck" meaning dollar (4)
 13. Jesse Jackson wants to ban "N-word" (2)
 14. "by doing that, it..."
 15. seems as/seeing as (4)
 16. "politics" and "guys"
 17. [Fwd: Safire/NY Times] (2)
 18. online accent quiz
 19. Tom Zurinskas
 20. X-10-U-8
 21. Page's colorful phrase (2)
 22. =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re:=20=A0=20=A0=20=A0=20Re:=20[ADS-L]=20saving=20?=
     =?ISO-8859-1?Q?the=20world?=
 23. linguists are not prejeudiced, they are just biased
 24. Saving the World (was online accent quiz)
 25. Antedating of "Radio"

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Date:    Mon, 4 Dec 2006 00:05:11 -0500
From:    Beverly Flanigan <flanigan at OHIO.EDU>
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_=A0_=A0_=A0_Re:_[ADS-L]_Barack__Hussein_?= Obama

At 08:37 PM 12/3/2006, you wrote:
>In a message dated 12/3/06 8:18:30 PM, Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL writes:
>
>
> > Kinda like the how Democrats in Virginia referred to George Allen as
> > "George Felix Allen," subliminally emphasizing the Jewishness that was
> danced
> > around?
> >
> > Or the way that Lloyd Bentsen's people called Dan Quayle "J. Danforth
> > Quayle", to make him seem, I dunno, patrician?
> >
>
>I never thought of "Felix" as a Jewish name--sounds Latin to me. But if the
>point was to make him seem Jewish, that would be a good thing to a Democrat,
>would it not?
>
>On the other hand, "Hussein" is the same name as the person that the Wit Who
>noW occupies the White House referred to as a great evil doer, the former
>president of Iraq, whose supposed Weapons of Mass Destruction were a
>threat to us
>all. This is the man who was president of Iraq when the United States invaded
>four years ago, shortly before the Wit Who now occupies the White House
>declared victory in Iraq.
>
>It is one thing to subtly make fun of somebody's fancy-ass name, as
>putatively was done with the now-long-forgotten Mr. Qwaile (did I spell
>that right?).
>
>It is another thing to not-so-cleverly attempt to associate someone with the
>Evil Doers.
>
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And speaking of Evil Doers, has anyone noticed (I'm sure you all have) how
often the term "bad guys" is thrown around now?  I don't recall hearing
this in wars past, but now it is our mission to everywhere prevent the "bad
guys" from hurting us.  Gee, if life were only so easy.

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Date:    Mon, 4 Dec 2006 00:12:18 -0500
From:    Beverly Flanigan <flanigan at OHIO.EDU>
Subject: Re: Overheard on the local FOX news:

And overheard today on our favorite prescriptive network, NPR:  A woman has
written a book on the value of diagramming sentences in school--the old
way, of course, horizontally, with angled lines shooting off
everywhere.  Why valuable?  Because it might teach students to write
"accurately," instead of merely "expressing their feelings."  Why there is
an assumed dichotomy between these two is beyond me.  But no doubt this is
why Faulkner is almost "impossible" to diagram.  And of course Scott Simon
(who followed  with something like "with whom we deal with") just thought
she was marvelous. Sigh.

At 10:06 PM 12/3/2006, you wrote:
>Something about someone suggesting a "_rehaul_ of U.S. forces in Iraq."
>--
>All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
>come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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>-Sam Clemens
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Date:    Mon, 4 Dec 2006 00:40:07 EST
From:    Bapopik at AOL.COM
Subject: Texas Deep-Fried Turkey (and other Texas foods and phrases)

I've just posted a bunch of Texas food items. Any earlier or better
citations appreciated.
...
Does anyone have anything on "deep-fried turkey"? Does it come from New
Orleans?...The Google ads on the "Texas Deep Fried Turkey" post include  "Laser
Hair Removal in NYC"? Does anyone want me to make any money??
...
Nothing on "deep fried turkey" in the fabulous new book, "The  Turkey--An
American Story" by Andrew Smith? I gotta write to that guy!
...
...
TEXAS DEEP FRIED TURKEY
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/texas_deep_fried_turkey/_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/texas_deep_fried_turkey/)
...
...
CHESS PIE
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/chess_pie/_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/chess_pie/)
...
...
MONKEY BREAD
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/monkey_bread/_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/monkey_bread/)
...
...
TEXAS FRENCH TOAST
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/texas_french_toast/_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/texas_french_toast/)
...
...
SAM HOUSTON WHITE CAKE
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/sam_houston_white_cake/_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/sam_houston_white_cake/)
...
...
MARGARITA PIE
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/margarita_pie/_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/margarita_pie/)
...
...
GOLDEN WESTERNER CAKE (AMBER WESTERNER CAKE)
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/golden_westerner_cake_amber_w
esterner_cake/_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/golden_westerner_cake_amber_westerner_cake/)
...
...
PICADILLO
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/picadillo/_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/picadillo/)
...
...
PINTO BEAN
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/pinto_bean/_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/pinto_bean/)
...
...
SALSA PICANTE (PICANTE SAUCE)
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/salsa_picante_picante_sauce/_

(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/salsa_picante_picante_sauce/)
...
...
BEER CAN CHICKEN
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/beer_can_chicken/_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/beer_can_chicken/)
...
...
POSOLE (POZOLE)
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/posole_pozole/_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/posole_pozole/)
...
...
MOLCAJETE
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/molcajete/_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/molcajete/)
...
...
"CHICKEN FAJITAS"
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/chicken_fajitas/_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/chicken_fajitas/)
...
...
FRITOQUE
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/fritoque/_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/fritoque/)
...
...
MICHELADA
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/michelada_my_cold_beer/_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/michelada_my_cold_beer/)
...
...
OSTIONERA (OSTIONERIA)
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/ostionera_ostioneria/_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/ostionera_ostioneria/)
...
...
CHILE TODAY, HOT TAMALE
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/chile_today_hot_tamale_or_chi
li_today_hot_tamale/_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/chile_today_hot_tamale_or_chili_today_hot_tamale/)
...
...
STICK A FORK IN HIM (HE'S DONE)
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/stick_a_fork_in_him_hes_done/
_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/stick_a_fork_in_him_hes_done/)
...
...
IF GOD DIDN'T WANT US TO EAT MEAT, HE WOULDN'T HAVE INVENTED STEAK  SAUCE
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/if_god_didnt_want_us_to_eat_m
eat_he_wouldnt_have_invented_steak_sauce/_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/if_god_didnt_want_us_to_eat_meat_he_wouldnt_have_invented_steak_
sauce/)
...
...
IF IFS AND BUTS WERE CANDY AND NUTS, WE'D ALL HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/if_ifs_and_buts_were_candy_an
d_nuts_wed_all_have_a_merry_christmas/_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/if_ifs_and_buts_were_candy_and_nuts_wed_all_have_a_merry_christmas/
)
...
...
ENSALADA DE NOCHE BUENA (CHRISTMAS EVE SALAD)
_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/ensalada_de_noche_buena_chris
tmas_eve_salad/_
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/ensalada_de_noche_buena_christmas_eve_salad/)

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Date:    Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:48:03 +0000
From:    neil <neil at TYPOG.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: WUXTRA ! WUXTRA!: "hike down," "man up"

Being in the UK, I'm not sure when B&B first surfaced, but I do have 'pitch
a tent' from the 1990s:

"She had the top of her dress pulled down. Then we walked off to my tent."

"I have to take my pants off," I suddenly said. "I just pitched a tent
myself."

--Howard Stern, 'Private Parts', Pocket books, NY, 1994, 521

Neil Crawford

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> Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 19:09:59 -0600
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> I think "pitch a tent" goes back as far as Beavis and Butthead, at =
> least.
> =20
>> I think that "go commando" is as old as "Seinfeld." I've heard "pitch
>> a tent" used by women on late-night dating shows - "I love it when I
>> can make a guy pitch a tent" - over the past couple or three years, at
>> least.
>
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Date:    Mon, 4 Dec 2006 06:47:49 -0600
From:    Susan Burt <smburt at ILSTU.EDU>
Subject: Re: saving the world

Hello, Everyone,

I am new to this list--been on it for about 3 or 4 weeks, perhaps.  I
had just accepted the post of "Midwest secretary" of the ADS, and
thought I should be at least listening in on this list.  So, Beverly's
call for reform (below) and several of the messages have made me wonder
what kind of list this is, and whether the messages I have seen over
the past weeks are typical or whether I have just come in at a bad
time.  Are there moderators?  What do they do?  What are the goals of
this list? The only other list I am on is the LINGUIST list--and this
seems very different (I suspect one difference may be that their
moderators are paid, though probably not much).

This real linguist (though not dialectologist), and dues-paying ADS
member would welcome non-flaming enlightening comments.

thanks, everyone,

Susan



On Dec 3, 2006, at 10:47 PM, Beverly Flanigan wrote:

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> <snip>
> I for one am getting tired of this kind of ranting on what was set up
> to be
> a neutral, objective, real-language-based listserv dedicated to the
> principles of the 100-year-old-plus American Dialect Society.  Are you
> aware of the ADS and what it stands for?  Are you a member?  Now I'm
> ranting!  But instead of ignoring these misguided missives, I'm going
> to
> renew the call of some years ago that we restrict subscription to this
> listserv to those who are paying members of the ADS or who at least
> have
> serious and unbiased contributions to make.  And I'm willing to let our
> moderators be the judges of that.  Anybody want to join me?
>
> At 01:07 AM 11/24/2006, you wrote:
>> The alphabetical principle holds that letters stand for sounds.  We
>> find now
>> that even Egyption hieroglyphic symbols stand for sounds, and we can
>> speak
>> the writings of 5,000 years ago because of this.
>>
>> Arbitrary dialects destroy this relationship and should they take hold
>> lessen the consistency of correspondence between letters and sounds
>> and make
>> English all the harder to read and learn.  Not good.
>>
>> Let's not be artificial dialectizers by mi

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