[Ads-l] AKA

[Barretts Mail]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=aka <http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=aka>

——
How to introduce a euphemism. Saying something while meaning something else. 
Used in a sarcastic manner
We're going to watch a movie aka we're going to doink 

You're cool aka you're a huge faggot
#sarcasm #slash #also #euphemism #doink

by John AKA Penis March 26, 2009
—— 

> On 22 Nov 2016, at 09:30, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> How?
> 
> JL
> 
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Urban Dictionary would disagree with you.
>> 
>> DanG
>> 
>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 10:43 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
>>> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Because nobody talks that way.
>>> 
>>> In this sentence, "in other words" is the phrase that would ordinarily be
>>> used.
>>> 
>>> Or how about "i.e."?
>>> 
>>> Time will tell how widespread this novelty becomes.
>>> 
>>> JL
>>> 
>>> JL
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Why isn't this just "also known as Grandma's"??
>>>> 
>>>> On Nov 22, 2016 6:40 AM, "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 'In other words.'  Xfinity commercial"
>>>>> 
>>>>> "Entering the gates of hell, where there's no wi-fi and no shows AKA
>>>>> Grandma's."
>>>>> 
>>>>> JL
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
>>>> truth."
>>>>> 
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
>> truth."
>>> 
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org


------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org