Is the opposite of a lefty**** a right prick?

I'll get me coat.

Cheers

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On 06/07/16 16:02, David wrote:
Is the opposite of a lefty**** a right prick?


I think they are functionally indistinguishable

I'll get me coat.

Cheers

Dave R



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On Wed, 06 Jul 2016 15:02:02 +0000, David wrote:

Is the opposite of a lefty**** a right prick?

Judging by the people using that phrase, I've always thought it's a
nazidick.

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En el artículo , Bob Eager
escribió:

nazidick.

I think you just Godwin'd this thread.

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On Wed, 06 Jul 2016 20:15:02 +0100, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

En el artÃ*culo , Bob Eager
escribió:

nazidick.

I think you just Godwin'd this thread.

It had to happen. But I did use lower case so perhaps it doesn't count.

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On 06/07/2016 20:15, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artículo , Bob Eager
escribió:

nazidick.

I think you just Godwin'd this thread.

D'you think Godwin would consider adding Farage, Johnson & Gove to
thread argument terminators?

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On 06/07/2016 20:15, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artículo , Bob Eager
escribió:

nazidick.

I think you just Godwin'd this thread.

D'you think Godwin would consider adding Farage, Johnson & Gove to thread
argument terminators?

Nope, none of them had the balls to top themselves.

En el artículo , polygonum
escribió:

D'you think Godwin would consider adding Farage, Johnson & Gove to
thread argument terminators?

Nah, they're too far to the right of Herr Hitler.

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On 06/07/16 22:27, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artÃ*culo , polygonum
escribió:

D'you think Godwin would consider adding Farage, Johnson & Gove to
thread argument terminators?

Nah, they're too far to the right of Herr Hitler.


And that pathetic excuse at humour just about sums up those who are so
stupid they need an EU to tell them what to think.


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I'd not know how to define either myself.
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Is the opposite of a lefty**** a right prick?

I'll get me coat.

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En el artículo , David
escribió:

Is the opposite of a lefty**** a right prick?

"Righty****" doesn't work, somehow.

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On Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:50:37 +0100, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

En el artÃ*culo , David
escribió:

Is the opposite of a lefty**** a right prick?

"Righty****" doesn't work, somehow.

Unless you really, really aren't a fan of for example Matthew or Steve.



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On Wed, 06 Jul 2016 15:02:02 +0000, David wrote:

Is the opposite of a lefty**** a right prick?

I'll get me coat.

No, don't go, Dave. You made a valid observation (now go wash your mouth
out!). :-)

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On Wed, 06 Jul 2016 20:15:02 +0100, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

En el artÃ*culo , Bob Eager
escribió:

nazidick.

I think you just Godwin'd this thread.

Close but not quite. He'd invented a new portmanteau word by simply
omitting the space character. Otoh, if he'd left the space in...

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On Wed, 06 Jul 2016 19:50:03 +0000, Bob Eager wrote:

On Wed, 06 Jul 2016 20:15:02 +0100, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

En el artÃ*culo , Bob Eager
escribió:

nazidick.

I think you just Godwin'd this thread.

It had to happen. But I did use lower case so perhaps it doesn't count.

It wasn't that that saved you, it was the omission of the space
separator character. Either by design or accident, you'd invented a new
portmanteau word. *That's* what saved you! :-)

I still think Dave used a better 'turn of phrase' to make his point
though.

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On Wed, 06 Jul 2016 20:50:58 +0100, polygonum wrote:

On 06/07/2016 20:15, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artÃ*culo , Bob Eager
escribió:

nazidick.

I think you just Godwin'd this thread.

D'you think Godwin would consider adding Farage, Johnson & Gove to
thread argument terminators?

Only if any of them ascend to a position of power whereby they become
involved in a "War on Terror" that escalates to the point where they
start "Gassing The Muslims" in a futile bid to enact "The Final Solution".

Godwin himself, according to his wikipedia entry, is still very much
alive (born October 1956) so could conceivably still be around should
history exercise its 'party trick' and repeat itself in the next decade
or three. My own guess is that he wouldn't change the wording to include
the names of mere repeat offenders.

Just to remind everyone, the "Godwin'd" reference isn't to Godwin's Law
itself but to a corollary which, quoting from wikipedia, goes like this:

" that once such a comparison[to Hitler or the Nazis] is made, the thread
is finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost
whatever debate was in progress."[1]

According to wikipedia, the above principle is frequently referred to
[erroneously] as Godwin's Law.[1]

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the actual Godwin's Law (to quote once
more from wikipedia) goes like this:

"Godwin's law (or Godwin's rule of Nazi analogies) is an Internet adage
asserting that "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of
a comparison involving Nazism or Hitler approaches 1" €”€‹€‹that is, if an
online discussion (regardless of topic or scope) goes on long enough,
sooner or later someone will compare someone or something to Hitler or
Nazism."

Since Bob *wasn't* comparing someone or something to Hitler or Nazism
but merely opining that a better phrase for "a right prick" was in his
opinion "a nazidick" (for all I know, the portmanteauing of nazi and dick
may have been purely accidental) and, in any case, whether separate words
or not and regardless of spelling (lower case n instead of upper case),
Bob wasn't in any danger of invoking "Godwin's Law" (or its corollary).

Now that I've got that off my chest in this exercise of "Topic Drift", I
now return you to the "Main Programme" (actually, does anyone *want* to
get back to the "Main Discussion?).

[1] The text in square brackets within the quoted sections, [to Hitler or
the Nazis] and, [erroneously], were added by me to retain the original
context of the complete statements from which I was quoting. If you have
any doubts about this (or my interpretation of the context), it's easy
enough to find the wiki articles themselves and see (and judge) for
yourself.

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On Wed, 06 Jul 2016 22:27:27 +0100, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

En el artÃ*culo , polygonum
escribió:

D'you think Godwin would consider adding Farage, Johnson & Gove to
thread argument terminators?

Nah, they're too far to the right of Herr Hitler.

Bingo! Now, *that's* an example of the corollary of "Godwin's Law"! :-)

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On Thu, 07 Jul 2016 09:37:34 +0100, pamela wrote:

On 22:27 6 Jul 2016, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

En el artÃ*culo , polygonum
escribió:

D'you think Godwin would consider adding Farage, Johnson & Gove to
thread argument terminators?

Nah, they're too far to the right of Herr Hitler.

:-)

What are *you* grinning for? Did you find the *comparison* funny or were
you thinking what I was thinking? :-)

TBH, the *comparison* was funny but as you indicated, not in a LOL way.

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On Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:50:37 +0100, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

En el artÃ*culo , David
escribió:

Is the opposite of a lefty**** a right prick?

"Righty****" doesn't work, somehow.

That, methinks, is on account it smacks too much of the childishness of
the phrase it's trying to be an antonym to. The phrase "right prick" has
obviously been drawn from a more mature and traditional expression "a
right prick" which makes the point of ridicule all the better imho. :-)

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On Thu, 07 Jul 2016 11:04:55 +0000, David wrote:

On Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:50:37 +0100, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

En el artÃ*culo , David
escribió:

Is the opposite of a lefty**** a right prick?

"Righty****" doesn't work, somehow.

Unless you really, really aren't a fan of, for example, Matthew or
Steve.

Unfortunately, afaiac, that was simply a non sequitur. Would you care to
explain?

Apologies for the question if I appear to be obtuse but the references
to Matthew and Steve, sans surnames, just aren't 'ringing any bells' for
me (not even after correcting the punctuation).

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On Thu, 07 Jul 2016 23:41:13 +0000, Johnny B Good wrote:

On Thu, 07 Jul 2016 11:04:55 +0000, David wrote:

On Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:50:37 +0100, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

En el artÃ*culo , David
escribió:

Is the opposite of a lefty**** a right prick?

"Righty****" doesn't work, somehow.

Unless you really, really aren't a fan of, for example, Matthew or
Steve.

Unfortunately, afaiac, that was simply a non sequitur. Would you care
to
explain?

Apologies for the question if I appear to be obtuse but the references
to Matthew and Steve, sans surnames, just aren't 'ringing any bells' for
me (not even after correcting the punctuation).

Ah, bless :-)

Such an innocent!

Avid consumers of broadcast programmes will no doubt have come across
Matthew Wright (morning TV) and Steve Wright (in the afternoon, Radio 2)
(also referred to as Wrighty).

A juxtapositioning of two words right and Wright which sound the same but
are spelled slightly differently. Perhaps a Pune?

I suppose if I commented on the current leadership contest, I would write
about a Right rite - but I won't. It wouldn't be right. So I left it.

Cheers

Dave R



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On Fri, 08 Jul 2016 12:49:56 +0000, David wrote:

On Thu, 07 Jul 2016 23:41:13 +0000, Johnny B Good wrote:

On Thu, 07 Jul 2016 11:04:55 +0000, David wrote:

On Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:50:37 +0100, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

En el artÃ*culo , David
escribió:

Is the opposite of a lefty**** a right prick?

"Righty****" doesn't work, somehow.

Unless you really, really aren't a fan of, for example, Matthew or
Steve.

Unfortunately, afaiac, that was simply a non sequitur. Would you care
to
explain?

Apologies for the question if I appear to be obtuse but the references
to Matthew and Steve, sans surnames, just aren't 'ringing any bells'
for me (not even after correcting the punctuation).

Ah, bless :-)

Such an innocent!

Avid consumers of broadcast programmes will no doubt have come across
Matthew Wright (morning TV) and Steve Wright (in the afternoon, Radio 2)
(also referred to as Wrighty).

Ah! I've heard of Steve Wright (but more to do with his occasional TV
appearances - I've not been a regular radio listener for over two decades
now, not that I've got anything against the practice, I simply CBA to set
up a radio or an internet stream). ISTR there was (still is?) a radio
programme called "Steve Wright in The Afternoon" which, afair, was on
Radio One.

Mathew Wright, I suspect 'bats for the other team' (commercial TV, that
is!) which would completely explain his absence in my recollection of
radio and TV 'celebs'.

Anyhow, I thank you for those words of explanation. The context I was
lacking now reveals the meaning in your remarks which imply that both
Wrights hold left wing views (strongly or otherwise).


A juxtapositioning of two words right and Wright which sound the same
but are spelled slightly differently. Perhaps a Pune?

Not a Pune. A word *does* exist to describe exactly that condition
(sounding the same but with subtly different spellings to distinguish
their meanings), and that word is "homophone". I simply took a guess (I
was pretty sure it was homo-something or other) and google led me to this
page:

http://www.magickeys.com/books/riddles/words.html

Where it was grouped with HOMONYMS, HOMOGRAPHS, and HETERONYMS

Useful information if you want to succinctly describe similar word usage
in the future and leave it to your audience to google the meanings if
needed (it's all about "Spreading the Education" :-)


I suppose if I commented on the current leadership contest, I would
write about a Right rite - but I won't. It wouldn't be right. So I left
it.

Aha! The old "one two" treatment, two homophones back to back followed
up with a homonym in the penultimate word - nice!. :-)

I might seem like "A Clever Fellow" but really, the truth of the matter
is that I'm merely clever enough to know how to use google to refresh a
hazy recollection of the facts in order to make sure I don't trip myself
up and look a complete fool. :-)

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En el artículo , Johnny B Good johnny-b-
escribió:

Close but not quite. He'd invented a new portmanteau word by simply
omitting the space character. Otoh, if he'd left the space in...

A red herring, Johnny. The use of a portmanteau is neither here nor
there; the word 'Nazi' was used, therefore Godwin applies.

IMO.

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En el artículo , David
escribió:

I suppose if I commented on the current leadership contest, I would write
about a Right rite - but I won't. It wouldn't be right. So I left it.

*applauds*

Niiice.

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On Fri, 08 Jul 2016 07:53:25 +0100, pamela wrote:

On 00:19 8 Jul 2016, Johnny B Good wrote:

On Thu, 07 Jul 2016 09:37:34 +0100, pamela wrote:

On 22:27 6 Jul 2016, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

En el artÃ*culo , polygonum
escribió:

D'you think Godwin would consider adding Farage, Johnson &
Gove to thread argument terminators?

Nah, they're too far to the right of Herr Hitler.

:-)

What are *you* grinning for? Did you find the *comparison* funny or
were you thinking what I was thinking? :-)

TBH, the *comparison* was funny but as you indicated, not in a LOL way.

Discussing F,J or G inevitably leads to such a protracted argument that
you may as well terminate discussion at the earliest stage, a la Godwin,
for all the difference it makes. They're right wing but that's not the
connection I made with Godwin. HTH.

Let's face it. Any off topic discussions relating to politics are bound
to become pointlessly protracted. Normally I'd set the ignore flag on
such threads but, in this case, the references to "F, J or G" were merely
a fleeting intrusion on a thread about whether a suitable antonym to TNP's
over-use of the childish expression, "lefty****" would be a "right prick".

The mention of Gowin's Law and "F, J or G" were an example of modest
'topic drift' worthy in itself of following up in what started as a light
hearted thread involving the use of childishly 'bad language'. Sometimes
the topic drift can take a news group thread to a more worthy place. :-)

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On 08/07/16 19:26, Johnny B Good wrote:
the childish expression, "lefty****"

Its not childish. 3 years olds don't say that.

It is however fairly accurate.
As comrade Corbyn is simply demonstrating

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On Fri, 08 Jul 2016 19:14:11 +0100, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

En el artÃ*culo , Johnny B Good johnny-b-
escribió:

Close but not quite. He'd invented a new portmanteau word by simply
omitting the space character. Otoh, if he'd left the space in...

A red herring, Johnny. The use of a portmanteau is neither here nor
there; the word 'Nazi' was used, therefore Godwin applies.

IMO.

You're right about the 'Red Herring' aspect. I assume you're referring
to the corollary rather than Godwin's Law itself. TBH, this example seems
to be an 'edge case' and I'd be inclined to give him the benefit of the
doubt in that he was simply offering his opinion that a "nazidick" was a
more appropriate alternative to the phrase a "Right Prick" rather than
equating any one person's behaviour or attitude directly to that of
Hitler or the Nazis.

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snip
Anyhow, I thank you for those words of explanation. The context I was
lacking now reveals the meaning in your remarks which imply that both
Wrights hold left wing views (strongly or otherwise).
snip

Nothing so complex - just pointing out that "righty****" might be
considered a description of Steve and Matthew if you really, really didn't
like them. You have to ignore the minor difference in spelling, of course.

Nothing political (unlike most of the postings around here at the moment).


Cheers


Dave R




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On Sat, 09 Jul 2016 11:26:53 +0000, David wrote:

snip
Anyhow, I thank you for those words of explanation. The context I was
lacking now reveals the meaning in your remarks which imply that both
Wrights hold left wing views (strongly or otherwise).
snip

Nothing so complex - just pointing out that "righty****" might be
considered a description of Steve and Matthew if you really, really
didn't like them. You have to ignore the minor difference in spelling,
of course.

Nothing political (unlike most of the postings around here at the
moment).

Sorry, my bad for reading more into your remark than you suggesting that
the word 'righty****' might work, but only in the case of those who
happen to hate either or both "Wrights" and were in need of a suitable
perjorative. As you say, nothing whatsoever to do with politics, just a
suggested situation where the word "righty****" *might* work better. :-)

I feel a bit of a fool for prevailing upon you to explain your witty
remark... not once but, twice!

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On 08/07/2016 00:12, Johnny B Good wrote:
On Wed, 06 Jul 2016 20:50:58 +0100, polygonum wrote:

On 06/07/2016 20:15, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artÃ*culo , Bob Eager
escribió:

nazidick.

I think you just Godwin'd this thread.

D'you think Godwin would consider adding Farage, Johnson & Gove to
thread argument terminators?

Only if any of them ascend to a position of power whereby they become
involved in a "War on Terror" that escalates to the point where they
start "Gassing The Muslims" in a futile bid to enact "The Final Solution".

Godwin himself, according to his wikipedia entry, is still very much
alive (born October 1956) so could conceivably still be around should
history exercise its 'party trick' and repeat itself in the next decade
or three. My own guess is that he wouldn't change the wording to include
the names of mere repeat offenders.

Just to remind everyone, the "Godwin'd" reference isn't to Godwin's Law
itself but to a corollary which, quoting from wikipedia, goes like this:

" that once such a comparison[to Hitler or the Nazis] is made, the thread
is finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost
whatever debate was in progress."[1]

According to wikipedia, the above principle is frequently referred to
[erroneously] as Godwin's Law.[1]

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the actual Godwin's Law (to quote once
more from wikipedia) goes like this:

"Godwin's law (or Godwin's rule of Nazi analogies) is an Internet adage
asserting that "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of
a comparison involving Nazism or Hitler approaches 1" €”€‹€‹that is, if an
online discussion (regardless of topic or scope) goes on long enough,
sooner or later someone will compare someone or something to Hitler or
Nazism."

Since Bob *wasn't* comparing someone or something to Hitler or Nazism
but merely opining that a better phrase for "a right prick" was in his
opinion "a nazidick" (for all I know, the portmanteauing of nazi and dick
may have been purely accidental) and, in any case, whether separate words
or not and regardless of spelling (lower case n instead of upper case),
Bob wasn't in any danger of invoking "Godwin's Law" (or its corollary).

Now that I've got that off my chest in this exercise of "Topic Drift", I
now return you to the "Main Programme" (actually, does anyone *want* to
get back to the "Main Discussion?).

[1] The text in square brackets within the quoted sections, [to Hitler or
the Nazis] and, [erroneously], were added by me to retain the original
context of the complete statements from which I was quoting. If you have
any doubts about this (or my interpretation of the context), it's easy
enough to find the wiki articles themselves and see (and judge) for
yourself.

These days, how many threads progress any significant number of posts
without FJG being mentioned? (Yes - was aware of the actual Godwin's law.)

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