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Re: Green's Dictionary of Slang

#21

nice! there's also https://doesnottranslate.com/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DoesNotTranslate/

The top post on that subreddit is hilarious: "[Chinese] 報復性熬夜 (revenge bedtime procrastination) - a phenomenon in which people who don’t have much control over their daytime life refuse to sleep early in order to regain some sense of freedom during late night hours"

They have some interesting variety there, too.

Re: Green's Dictionary of Slang

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post #20

I can’t wait for the Gen Z stuff to make the cutoff. https://images.app.goo.gl/xjYschXcPVrECeVD9

You seem to have linked just the thumbnail here. Got the full size?

This is what the share button gives me. You can google for “gen z programming”.

https://images.app.goo.gl/n2ZNK8JoeUvZe5iN9

edit: I did not know that Yeet was a real thing in programming, even as a placeholder. This is excellent: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/ops/struct.Yeet.html

Re: Green's Dictionary of Slang

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post #20

I can’t wait for the Gen Z stuff to make the cutoff. https://images.app.goo.gl/xjYschXcPVrECeVD9

You seem to have linked just the thumbnail here. Got the full size?

https://i.redd.it/vh37k2ep2bcc1.png

https://old.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1963h4k/cs...

Re: Green's Dictionary of Slang

#27

As someone whose mother tongue isn't English, I find the Urban Dictionary incredibly useful sometimes. It's sad sad it is blocked in virtually any corporate network.

As someone whose mother tongue is English, I also find Urban Dictionary incredibly useful sometimes.

Re: Green's Dictionary of Slang

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As someone whose mother tongue isn't English, I find the Urban Dictionary incredibly useful sometimes. It's sad sad it is blocked in virtually any corporate network.

You trusts it’s definitions as more than jokes?

Yeah; its usefulness is at least partially diminished by the fact that like 95% of entries are basically vandalism.

Re: Green's Dictionary of Slang

#29

As someone whose mother tongue isn't English, I find the Urban Dictionary incredibly useful sometimes. It's sad sad it is blocked in virtually any corporate network.

You trusts it’s definitions as more than jokes?

You think it's that bad? Usually when I search a definition it makes sense in the context that caused me to search for the definition.

Re: Green's Dictionary of Slang

#30

As someone whose mother tongue isn't English, I find the Urban Dictionary incredibly useful sometimes. It's sad sad it is blocked in virtually any corporate network.

You trusts it’s definitions as more than jokes?

humor is independent of language

edit: there are jokes that rely on a specific language or culture. but i think (correct me if i'm wrong) sarcasm and hyperbole span language

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