The TV show NCIS LA has had a running joke about the humble brag for years.
I _know_ there has to be a great Yiddish word for it, as it is such a common part of the human condition. (schadenfreude is by far my favorite German word, describing another common human emotion) On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected] > wrote: > > Before last week I've never heard the term humblebrag, which is why I took > it a bit negatively. This showed me that there are a lot of terms that I'm > not hearing that I should know the meaning of or at least know they exist. > One example is BYOD, which came up in some tech news and I've never thought > of before. Seems it's the idea of bringing your own device/tech/tools to a > job. Something I've always done even when I wasn't exactly supposed to > (like at a government contract). > > One term I will not have to look up is NSFW and I HIGHLY suggest that no > one looks it up either. If you do, you'll find that there is actually a > web-comic site called NSFW (Newly-Shorn Furless Weasels, Nocturnal Shock > Fairly Wild, etc.) that is VERY not safe for work. It's not even safe for > home. Unfortunately, it has a few funny pieces mixed in with all the > stomach turning drek. I may have to post a list of the good ones one day. > > Chuck Jones must be tossing in his grave. > http://nsfw-comix.com/nsfw045.htm > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:373070 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
