Please excuse my ignorance, but what is 'eom' and 'n/t'?

[kstewart33]

[sbj405]

1. end of message and no text

for when the message area is blank.

[troubleinwinter]

3. and meme?

[annabanana]

7. meme is annoying poly-sci speak

It means "the theme that's being pushed in the election this week"

or
"the theme that WE should be pushing in the election this week"

I, for one, am tired of it.
:eyes:

[Carolina]

14. LOL

I'm glad you asked. I thought 'eom' was a different way of using yoga speak to say 'peace' or something along those lines.

[Lizzie Borden]

16. Get this...

I thought eom was the noise a donkey made. Because, I mean, it actually is. OK> Go ahead and laugh your heads off.

[troubleinwinter]

20. I used to have a donkey (burro)

and you are correct! "eom, eom!"

[louis-t]

2. eom is 'end of message'

[jeff30997]

4. My gess would be...

End Of Message and End Transmssion ? :shrug:

[sr_pacifica]

5. Hey, thanks for asking

I also wondered what those meant. And what about "kick"?

[Misunderestimator]

6. Kick is to push the thread back to the top.

[wolframtarant]

8. While we're on the subject...

Please explain: * (this one I have a few guesses about), Bunnypants, and Pickles... There are probably more I don't know but those are what I can think of!

[Misunderestimator]

9. Trudeau used * for Bush in his Doonesbury cartoons

Commander Bunnypants is also Bush, but not sure where that originated, and Pickles ... no clue either, but they both seem fitting.

[GodHelpUsAll2]

11. Pickles

Is a reference to Laura Bush

[Misunderestimator]

12. Well, yes, it's Laura, but where did it originate?

[otohara]

15. * Nickname for Laura

he calls her that!

[troubleinwinter]

21. 'Pickles' is one of two nicknames Chimp has for Laura

The other is "Slappy". (I kid you not)

Hmmmm....

[Lady Effingbroke]

23. I think "Pickles" may have originated from here:

"Earlier in the day, the First Lady participated in the dedication of the library’s youth-services area by reading Picky Mrs. Pickle by Kansas author and illustrator Christine Schneider to local schoolchildren."

http://tinyurl.com/4kf9s

[cally]

18. Bunnypants comes from * running around like a scared bunny one 9/11

I think the Commander part is from some cartoon. :shrug:

[sr_pacifica]

13. Thanks, but what does that mean? n/t

[Misunderestimator]

17. The most recently "posted to" threads go to the top of the list

So when you want a thread to be noticed, you "kick" it.

[Pepperbelly]

10. Warning! Post is contained in title line so don't click ... no text. nt

[Rochambeau]

19. Excuse me, I'll not ask you about all the things I unfortunatly

ignore in English but just one please because a dictionnary isn't very helpful. What means 'period' at the end of a phrase please? "Bush* is a dumbass, blah blah blah, period". It's a great mystery to me.....

[Cat Atomic]

22. It's a way of underlining the message... or simplifying it.

The dot at the end of a sentence is called the period. People sometimes say "period" at the end of a sentence to express the feeling that they need say no more.

So if someone said, "John is an asshole because he stole my shoes", someone else might say, "John is an asshole, period".

Meaning John was an asshole even before he stole the shoes.

[Rochambeau]

24. Roger that thank you !!

I understood at your first sentence ! In french we have the same thing. "The dot at the end of a sentence is called the period" !
Dot=point in french. "Bush est un idiot,point final."
Thank you very much, I'll feel a bit less stupid reading some posts from now... :think:

[Cat Atomic]

26. Right on- thanks for the "point final" thing, too.

I've been trying to learn French for years but I still speak it like a 5 year old- lol. :D

[A_Possum]

27. I like your flags

I haven't forgotten who gave us the Statue of Liberty. *smile*

[JohnLocke]

28. You are French?

I am a great admirer of Lafayette.

[nolabels]

25. I think we should nominate this as the thread of the week

Please ignore the link below because I am enjoying the comedy :D

Been a while but AFAIK its still kind of funny

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