Romance novel jargon

[Bramblethorn]

Entomology 101

1. The origin and historical development of a linguistic form as shown by determining its basic elements, earliest known use, and changes in form and meaning, tracing its transmission from one language to another, identifying its cognates in other languages, and reconstructing its ancestral form where possible.

The confusion between entomology and etymology bugs me beyond words.

 

[Voboy]

Beyond words; and yet you join the herd still not writing a word on the language of romance. Preferring instead to continue the personal attacks on a woman for offering a differing view of it?

I applaud your cowardice.

Prime Dunning-Kruger right here. Epic.

This thread does not disappoint.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

Beyond words; and yet you join the herd still not writing a word on the language of romance. Preferring instead to continue the personal attacks on a woman for offering a differing view of it?

I applaud your cowardice.

Oh I get it. We're not allowed to rebut you because you're a woman.

I don't hide behind my gender. You sling your mud but when someone else talks back you cry 'not fair!' Talk about cowardice.

 

[mildlyaroused]

Talk about ignorance and you will find a picture of yourself.

The fact remains: I posted a comment regarding the use of the word core and have been attacked for it by cowardly men who have universally failed to comment on the core reason for this thread. The language of Romance!

That is an unassailable fact. As for you I doubt you are even a woman. Now back to RP darling enjoy your faceless body less keyboard romances.

Grow up.

Posted: 24 minutes ago.
Last edited: 6 minutes ago.

You're hyper-fixating on this thread for some reason. Nobody has a vendetta against you (we don't know a single thing about you), beyond your strange and persistent messages right here. Just go get writing, woman!!!!

 

[mildlyaroused]

And yet you post regarding me, time stamped I might add. Fixating I think you just outed yourself.

Perhaps you mean mildly intelligent.

That time stamp is from your post, pookie.

And the post before that of yours, too: posted 79 minutes ago, edited 68 minutes ago.

Did you sit with this tab open on your browser for 11 whole minutes, proofreading and editing your perfect comeback? My point is that, rather than insulting people and making baseless presuppositions about them, you could be more productive elsewhere.

I'm gonna confiscate the talking stick - there! You don't have the talking stick anymore. It's against the rules to talk.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

Talk about ignorance and you will find a picture of yourself.

The fact remains: I posted a comment regarding the use of the word core and have been attacked for it by cowardly men who have universally failed to comment on the core reason for this thread. The language of Romance!

That is an unassailable fact. As for you I doubt you are even a woman. Now back to RP darling enjoy your faceless body less keyboard romances.

You're the one who started this by calling my bullshit pink, so keep whining about being attacked. You like to throw punches but you cry when folks punch back. Pfft.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Beyond words; and yet you join the herd still not writing a word on the language of romance.

To the contrary, I commented on that back in the first page of this thread. It was brief, but more words than zero.

Preferring instead to continue the personal attacks on a woman for offering a differing view of it?

"Personal attacks"? You're reading a great deal into a recycled dad joke.

At the risk of killing the joke by explaining it: "entomology" is the study of insects, aka "bugs". "Etymology" is the study of words. The two words are often confused, giving rise to the pun "bugs me beyond words" pun, which has been around for at least four years and wasn't created with you in mind.

I did modify the wording from "people who..." to "the confusion between...", specifically to make it even less personal. If you still choose to take it as a personal insult, that's on you.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Your only contribution has been a spell check and an act of Cowardice.

From now on I knight the COWARD. Run along play World of Warcraft Hero.

Please stop. You're failing spectacularly to read the dynamics of this forum, insulting some of the most respected members who participate here. You've made a big splash from a one metre board, but it's not the same as a high pike with triple somersault from the ten metre platform.

 

[mildlyaroused]

You’re not a bitch, you’re a creepy little man handed Catfish. Read your bio. In a word DESPERATE. In a sentence, zero sex life will accept anything please message.

You’ve been knocked out man friend.

ps don’t worry son, I will go back to ignoring you

@AH_Mod

Delete this message too? If there are other forms of disciplinary action we can take, I'd be honoured to carry them out on your behalf.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I have only responded. Maybe you should ask them to stay on topic. Instead of the endless acts of cowardice.

This thread is typical of most AH threads. They rarely stay on topic, but so what? Let them meander long enough, and what's of interest in the discussion comes around.

But if you keep weighing in with invective, with personal attacks and needless accusations of cowardice, it becomes all about you. But we're a tribal lot, with our internal, existing allegiances, and we tend to protect our own.

If you have something purposeful to say, say it, but you might want to read the room a bit better, that's all I'm suggesting.

 

[mildlyaroused]

GO FOR IT FUCKER DO YOUR WORST.

COWARDS!

Take arms, villain! We will settle the matter wit' a cut-throat duel!

 

[pink_silk_glove]

You’re not a bitch, you’re a creepy little man handed Catfish. Read your bio. In a word DESPERATE. In a sentence, zero sex life will accept anything please message.

You’ve been knocked out man friend.

ps don’t worry son, I will go back to ignoring you

Funny, the guys in chat all think I'm the most frigid girl there actually. Seriously I've had my stories bombed several times because I won't put out.

Knocked out? news to me. We'll see if you actually ignore me.

 

[mildlyaroused]

 

[Voboy]

And some of you people mocked my popcorn...

"Personal attacks"? You're reading a great deal into a recycled dad joke.

I'm still laughing about it, though, and the mindless ignorance of the response. So droll.