'Muppet,' 'Eeyorish' join Oxford Dictionary of English

[Beebers]

If you want to talk about misappropriation of words then simply look at American English. There never was a more mangled and misused collection of words.

Hey, hey, laddie, them thars could be constrooed az fightin' werds 'round this neck 'o' ze woodz. Were jus creeatif is awl.

 

[FISH'N'WOLFE]

However if you want to talk about misappropriation of words then simply look at American English. There never was a more mangled and misused collection of words.

Don't be dissin' American english now! You don't want another war now, do you?

 

[BoyRaisin2]

However if you want to talk about misappropriation of words then simply look at American English. There never was a more mangled and misused collection of words.

Humph! Well, at least we don't have accents. Impedements maybe, but not accents.

 

[Whatever]

I hefe-a deceeded oonly tu speek in muck Svedeesh becoose-a I em heppy und zeereffure-a ete-a tuu mooch ice-a creem und gut hyper. Hurty flurty schnipp schnipp! Beseedes, vhet ilse-a shuoold a Germun-Emereecun speek? Ve-a eren't ixpected tu meke-a sense-a!
Bork bork bork!

 

[BoyRaisin2]

Ahh, you speak Italian...

 

[leliebel]

i like all english language accents

*ducks*

except for most of the american ones.

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[Beebers]

It's beginning to look a lot like Christm . . . Pick on America Week.

 

[Irving Bizarre]

Actually I found a slang dictionary published by Cassell and written by Jonathan Green. The entry for Muppet reads:

muppet n. [1970s+] 1 a child, a small person (cf. MUNCHKIN).
2 an unnattractive person. Possibly one who is mentally retarded. [the puppets created by Jim Henson and featured on TV's Muppet show during the 1970s]

Now which one is fairer the OED definition or the Cassell slang dictionary one?

Pick on America week? Perish the thought. It'd take more than a week for any jibes to sink in and register.

 

[BoyRaisin2]

muppet n. [1970s+] 1 a child, a small person (cf. MUNCHKIN).
2 an unnattractive person. Possibly one who is mentally retarded.

I'll take the first one, a lot of the Muppets are pretty cute.

 

[Manda:-D]

Pick on America week? Perish the thought. It'd take more than a week for any jibes to sink in and register.

Dem's fightin' woids, Mistah!