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Should "Growelling" be made a word?

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Post by Slartibartfast »

Ok, let's make this official. I nominate the word "growelling" to be voted as an official word in the SD.Net forums. It has been appearing in some thread and I think we should give it some special meaning (kinda like "groveling" but not exactly). What do you think? Useless? Thought-provoking? Whatever, just vote or something.
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Post by Darth Garden Gnome »

I think SPLUNGE should be made a word. Cookie to who can get that reference.

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What the fuck are you talking about? Growelling?! :?
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Yeah, as in "stop growelling!" or "you growel too much".
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Everyone else butchers the English language. Why can't we? :wink:
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If you pronounce "growel" phonetically, it sounds exactly like "growl", which is already a word.
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Let's us butcher the English language. :twisted:
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Post by XaLEv »

Sure, why not? Languages are fluid creatures. Let's leave trying to restrict linguistic growth to the pedantic grammarians and old folks uncomfortable with change.
Darth Wong wrote:If you pronounce "growel" phonetically, it sounds exactly like "growl", which is already a word.
So? We already have many homonyms, what's one more? Besides, one need not "pronounce it phonetically" at all. What's wrong with words that are used only in written English?
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Post by Darth Garden Gnome »

Hey,fuckgrowel! Vote for splunge! Splunge is awesome. It means: Yes, No, Not indecisive, ALL IN ONE. Its the word of the gods. So whats my opinion on 'growell'? Splunge.


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We can have Growel and Splunge, and why not "Sklitch" as well (semi-fluid leftovers of a once-edible item).

Is Growel like grovel but with a kind of mean, angry sneer?
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The Australian Army has a spork-like device for their field rations. It is a spork with a can opener attached to the handle. It is tiny and hte spoon bowl is barely even an indentation. They call it a FRED: "Fucking Rediculous Eating Device"...
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Coyote wrote:The Australian Army has a spork-like device for their field rations. It is a spork with a can opener attached to the handle. It is tiny and hte spoon bowl is barely even an indentation. They call it a FRED: "Fucking Rediculous Eating Device"...
I've used one of those stupid things in cadets (where I also learned how to use a Vietnam era SLR, yay!).
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Post by Slartibartfast »

Darth Wong wrote:If you pronounce "growel" phonetically, it sounds exactly like "growl", which is already a word.
Well it can be one of those special cases, maybe the E is like a "eh" sound

"Grow-eh-ling"
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Post by Utsanomiko »

Maybe it should be pronounced "Grow-well-ing", and make it really emphasized, forced, and a tad awkward. Those are the best kind of made-up words. :wink:

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