#exeterisms
- £$@*%$%(/
- £$@*%$%(/ or similar can be added to a sentence to give stress it differently, i.e.
<MonicaOff>INCOMPETENCE$£*~@#(%$% or similar. It can be used as a to add some extra indignance to something.
£$@*%$%(/ also represent so called *spangly characters* which first featured at a Queen Convention when someone brought along a magic sword that made a spangly noise and uttered the immortal words “I am the wizard £$@*%$%” followed by “I am the magic force £$@*%$%” which everyone actually heard as “I am the magic horse £$@*%$%”
- *hugs*
- as in:
<NoTopic> night
<MonicaOff> don’t have really bad dreams about a nasty man coming to strangle you in your bed
<NoTopic> *hugs*
<MonicaOff> *hugs*but usually used to express happyness, comfort or empathy with someone’s plight of the day.
- Biffer
- You may be a biffer if you have eaten too much pie. A biffer is someone who has eaten too much food and is therefore biffed.
- Blblblbl
- blblblblblbl started life as the sound JamesOff and simsea would make whilst simulating oral sex on a woman. watashiki spread this spelling of that sound through #exeter and it became a fixture in the channel
- Dutch
- Secret language spoken in several countries including: the Netherlands, the Flemish part of Belgium, South Africa, and until 1940 in New York. Language is now obsolete and only used by Sara and Jorg for coded messages. Most important words and phrases are theemuts, paalt, knuffelt, and wat doet uw tong in mijn vrouw?
Not to forget the reservered bordje gestolen by NoTopic or James.
- Huk
- The sound of a surprised dutchman.
- Jum
- Word seen on a numberplate once that made us laugh.
- Knuffelt
- see also snuggles!
- Mmm
- not really just a hashexeterism, but often used in#exeter to express appreiciation of something, as in <lectique> mmm wiki. Also used by bots. Sometimes followed by the sentiment nom nom nom.
- Narf
- Nnk
- nnk is the annoying sound that buzzers make. Originally spotted in Futurama and then later appeared on JamesOff’s computer for when people made ‘unfavourable’ suggestions to him.
For example:<random> James, would you like to stick your head in this basket of wild blood thirsty muffins?
<JamesOff> o_O
<computer> nnk
* random leaves - Nom nom nom
- originally the sound of eating in a written form, especially when you gobble something tasty-can also be used for pretty much anything else, including people.
- <notopic>
- The
tag is used to indicate that any text following it should not find its way into the topic of the channel. It found further use when the Quote Engine was installed to show that the enclosed text should not be quoted. The bot NoTopic took its name from this Hashexeterism.
<notopic>This text should not be put in the topic or quoted</notopic>
- O_o
- Poit
- From the French word “poit” meaning “poit”.
- Shark
- From time to time you may see a few #exeterites shout the word Shark! at each other. This #exeterism was founded at the 2004 Queen Convention and was brought over to #exeter by watashiki, Legooolas, and GrlOnFire.
- Snug
- Snuggle
- Known for curing all that ails you! Also see *hugs*
- Wahey
- A term used whenever another person in the channel says something that could be construed as having a touch of innuendo. JamesOff started this in #exeter, though it existed around before.
having a touch of innuendo < --- wahey!
- Yof
- ~oof~
- An expression of sexual arousal, similar to ~rarr~ and ~unf~
- ~rarr~
- see ~oof~ or ~unf~
- ~unf~
- see ~oof~ or ~rarr~