Well, that's something I never thought I'd see

[yendi]

Some words, you just don't expect to ever see on the CNN front page.

Comments

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

Sasquatchy! I want to find excuses to use that word for the rest of the day.

[thornsilver]

Are they allowed to make up new words and print them?

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

You'd better file a report with the appropriate authorities.

[thornsilver]

I am pretty sure there are no English Language Appropriate Authorities. Only the French got those.

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

Why do you think I recommended that you file the report?

[thornsilver]

Are you saying that I should contact the French authorities?

*ponders*

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

Nah, them Frenchies don't care about English language abuses.

I was just playing along with the implication that someone or some group would allow or not allow CNN to print made-up words.

[thornsilver]

My tongle was firmly in my cheek all this time. O.O

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

That sounds painful. Does your health insurance cover cosmetic surgery?

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

Fantastic. Sounds like something I'd do.

[djeu.livejournal.com]

To steal a quote from Fark, "It's not news, it's CNN.com"

[jafinnola.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they just make everything up these days.

[heathrow.livejournal.com]

I didn't know we needed that word as an adjective.

[hughcasey.livejournal.com]

I was feeling kinda sasquatchy this morning, but then I had breakfast and felt better.

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

But doesn't that require shaving?

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

*gigglesnort*

[jdotmi.livejournal.com]

I totally expect that in the news! Think about the people actually writing these headlines. They're all in their early 20's and had their public educations handed to them on a platter. :p

[kajivar]

*facepalm* Is this CNN or the Weekly World News? Do they mention it's a rock about 2 inches high?

The original image is here. The rock is on the left, about 2/3rds of the way down.

[ladypeyton.livejournal.com]

When did Joss Whedon get a part time job to get him through the writers strike?

[asimaiyat.livejournal.com]

OMG your avatar is making me want to rofl at work.

[dougals.livejournal.com]

Me? I just want to see how the picture could be considered "sasquatchy"... ;)

[dan-g.livejournal.com]

I am going to assume its the picture of Bigfoot on Mars that everyone was on about yesterday;

In case you missed it;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/01/23/scimars123.xml

[dougals.livejournal.com]

Ah. Yeah, I missed that one. Looks like an unusually shaped rock to me, though... ;)

[dragontdc.livejournal.com]

I myself have been accused of being sasquatchy.

[dan-g.livejournal.com]

As was made blatantly clear in a recent online conversation (and I paraphrase).

Language evolves and changes, and while the dictionary definition of a word (with the Oxford English Dictionary) requires 2 confirmed public (print or broadcast) citations of the words usage for acceptance as a new word, it can however be argued that any words meaning that can clearly be understood can be a real word in its infancy.

Sasquatchy = Like a Sasquatch in action or appearance.

(trust me, I am trying to memorise this statement, it could be damned useful during a game of scrabble.)

Thats One.

[dan-g.livejournal.com]

BTW. You do realise that the original point now counts as 1 printed, public citation of the word "Sasquatchy". Find another 2 (not sure if this thread counts), and you can submit it to the OED (Oxford English Dictionary), or American Equivalent and be responsible for a new dictionary entry!

Re: Thats One.

[thefirethorn.livejournal.com]

What a sasquatchy idea! The sasquatchy figure on the moon has made my day, well, a super-sasquatchyday!

[thefirethorn.livejournal.com]

I heard the "Wife's angry voicemail becomes Internet hit.

Maybe it's because I'm a teacher and not a 17 year old student, but,

I TOTALLY agree, 100% with the angry wife.

[yendi]

Agreed. I haven't listened to it, but you do not call someone's home just because you don't want to go to school that day.