| olicana | 27 Nov 2008 11:42 a.m. PST |
Last night, whilst playing a WWII game, one of our group related how he had been reading an American gamer's blog. In the blogger's profile, he had given his name followed, in parenthesis, by the acronym for The War Against Terror. Question: Does that acronym mean the same in the US as it does over here in the UK. Oxford English Dictionary definition: n. vulgar 1. a woman's genitals. 2. a stupid or unpleasant person. – ORIGIN unknown. |
| nvdoyle | 27 Nov 2008 11:45 a.m. PST |
Yep. I suggest he change it to Countries United to Negate Terror. |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 27 Nov 2008 11:47 a.m. PST |
Does that acronym mean the same in the US as it does over here in the UK. Doesn't mean anything over here. |
| vtsaogames | 27 Nov 2008 11:51 a.m. PST |
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| John the OFM | 27 Nov 2008 11:56 a.m. PST |
#1 in Pennsylvania, at any rate. Super Hero in Training. |
| TodCreasey | 27 Nov 2008 12:25 p.m. PST |
Both in Canada but mostly #1 |
| WereSandwich | 27 Nov 2008 12:49 p.m. PST |
That made me chuckle :) #1 in ol' blighty. |
| chonk34 | 27 Nov 2008 12:49 p.m. PST |
#1 is the most common usage here in Idaho. |
| Plynkes | 27 Nov 2008 1:04 p.m. PST |
Great insult, has a totally different connotation to calling someone the c-word. Such is language. You fellers are missing out not having it in your insult vocabulary. |
| shiroyama2 | 27 Nov 2008 2:10 p.m. PST |
In the UK, it can also mean to hit. As in "twat" it with a hammer, caused no end of confusion on a Blacksmith forum I frequent ;-) |
| Deathwing | 27 Nov 2008 6:06 p.m. PST |
I work for the federal government (US) and the GWOT acronym (pronounced the same as the word in question) is bandied about all the time by the bosses. I've been known to refer to it as the Total War on Terror. Joey |
| Palewarrior | 28 Nov 2008 1:09 a.m. PST |
Was'nt there an issue of the warmachine magazine, that had a list of "Iron Kingdoms rpg slang". Most of the words where in everyday use in the North of England!
Some of the insults may have resulted in you not being able to say "play like you've got a pair". Cos they'd be in a bag! |
| SpaceCudet | 28 Nov 2008 2:50 a.m. PST |
We once had a hilarious car journey after someone cut us up and my wife shouted the word in question. We then had 10 minutes of our 2 year old experimenting with different pronounciations. In the end he preferred the extended tur-wat sound. |
Ed Mohrmann  | 28 Nov 2008 4:54 a.m. PST |
There's quite an old joke to which the punch line is
(spoken to an airline flight attendant): 'No, but I'd like some of your TWA tea…' #1 seems to be fairly well-known over here… |
| The Beast Rampant | 28 Nov 2008 5:35 a.m. PST |
I thought #1 was pretty much universal (though the def is not anatomically specific enough. Not to be splitting hairs here :P). |
| Cardinal Hawkwood | 29 Nov 2008 4:14 p.m. PST |
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