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Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
Thu Aug 8, 2013, 07:43 PM Aug 2013

Nutpicking

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nutpicking


The practice of sifting through the comments of blogs, email threads, discussion groups and other user generated content in an attempt find choice quotes proving that the advocates for or against a particular political opinion are unreasonable, uninformed extremists.
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Nutpicking (Original Post) Fumesucker Aug 2013 OP
Pancake Bunny bunnies Aug 2013 #1
I'm fond of odd words and I like to share Fumesucker Aug 2013 #2
Cool. I'm always looking to embiggen my vocabulary. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #3
"Embiggen?" johnp3907 Aug 2013 #8
lol. bunnies Aug 2013 #4
Hadn't heard that. PETRUS Aug 2013 #5
It's fairly commonly used on a blog I read Fumesucker Aug 2013 #6
Apparently I don't read the cool blogs... or something PETRUS Aug 2013 #7
 

bunnies

(15,859 posts)
1. Pancake Bunny
Thu Aug 8, 2013, 07:49 PM
Aug 2013
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pancake+bunny


Patron saint of silence. During the apocalyse in which Clock Spider and limecat fought, the masses continued shouting praise and insults to the two until none of it made any sense. One defiant person shouted "I have no idea what you're talking about so here's a bunny with a pancake on its head." Pancake bunny appeared, and the masses went silent. The war raged on...


Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
2. I'm fond of odd words and I like to share
Thu Aug 8, 2013, 07:53 PM
Aug 2013

Be glad my name is not Wiener and that I'm not an Australian oenophile.

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