abuse of the language, continued

[waider]

That's "motherlode", punk. And from context, it appears the poster took it to mean something like "the mother of all loads". Double strike.

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[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

I appear to be having an argument with somebody who misinterpreted a statement I made because he doesn't know what "preclude" means.

I weep.

[waider.livejournal.com]

Hey, check this out: one of my "readers" really does believe "if you're not with us, you're against us"!

...but I guess it's more of a logical comprehension flaw than an English failure.

[sambushell.livejournal.com]

It's like, when you load a seventy-one bit number into a sixty-four bit register, and you just slam it in there, you know, make it fit, and afterwards, the register is bulging, bloated from the extra bits, you know?

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

"I sat on the toilet and dropped the mother of all loads."