Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

[ahinton]

Presumably nothing is ruled in and nothing is ruled out?



Also, does anyone know the correct pronunciation of/for (?) 'emoticon'?

And what would be the word for:

(a) an excessive use of emoticons

and

(b) a liking of using emoticons in an excessive way?

............

Perhaps "a surfeit of emoticonsciousness" or "emoticobsessiveness", clumsy as each are; as one who's more concerned with emotions than emoticonmanship, I trust that my response will appear to be understandable...

[LeMartinPecheur]

Perhaps "a surfeit of emoticonsciousness" or "emoticobsessiveness", clumsy as each are; as one who's more concerned with emotions than emoticonmanship, I trust that my response will appear to be understgandable...

Emoticon-manship or emoti-conmanship?

[ahinton]

Emoticon-manship or emoti-conmanship?

The former sounds sexist, so the latter would surely be preferable!

[Beef Oven!]

The former sounds sexist, so the latter would surely be preferable!

The former sounds like a Zimbabwean post-graduate student fellow drinking partner of mine, from the 80s!

I'd remember his name better if we weren't so pissed whenever we got together!

[ahinton]

The former sounds like a Zimbabwean post-graduate student fellow drinking partner of mine, from the 80s!

I'd remember his name better if we weren't so pissed whenever we got together!

!!!

[Beef Oven!]

!!!

In A Gedda Da Vida, anyone?

[Lat-Literal]

In A Gedda Da Vida, anyone?

Yes, I am aware of it even though it's 1968.

I haven't ruled out a couple of Americans but they won't be from that decade.

The knowledge is still too flimsy on the 1960s' blues route!

Perhaps "a surfeit of emoticonsciousness" or "emoticobsessiveness", clumsy as each are; as one who's more concerned with emotions than emoticonmanship, I trust that my response will appear to be understgandable...

Thanks ahinton but is it "emottikon" or "emoatikon" or "emoashikon" or "emoatisson" or any of the other many possibilities?

Also, one can "over-emote" but not "over-emoticon" because the latter is a noun. "Emoticonsciousness" is excellent so maybe we could have "over-emoticonsciousness"?

Emoticon-manship or emoti-conmanship?

Yes. The criticism of sexism isn't right unless it is also aimed at "human". My concern here is that the first would seek to "outdo" and the second to "mislead".

We need something that captures the sheer exuberance of emoticonising and then set it free, albeit in an Oxford dictionary.

[ahinton]

Yes, I am aware of it even though it's 1968 and I haven't ruled out a couple of Americans but they won't be from that decade.

The knowledge is still too flimsy on the 1960s' blues route!


Thanks ahinton but is it "emottikon" or "emoatikon" or "emoashikon" or "emoatisson" or any of the other many possibilities?

Also, one can "over-emote" but not "over-emoticon" because the latter is a noun. "Emoticonsciousness" is excellent so maybe we could have "over-emoticonsciousness"?


Yes. The criticism of sexism isn't right unless it is also aimed at "human". My concern here is that the first would seek to "outdo" and the second to "mislead".

We need something that captures the sheer exuberance of emoticonising and then set it free, albeit in an Oxford dictionary.

Or, better still, not bother with emoticons at all, as I seem somehow to have contrived to do with little difficulty for at least as long as they've been in existence!...

[Lat-Literal]

Or, better still, not bother with emoticons at all, as I seem somehow to have contrived to do with little difficulty for at least as long as they've been in existence!...

Well, yes, there is that argument......!

[Serial_Apologist]

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And what would be the word for:

(a) an excessive use of emoticons

Emoticonfidencetrickery?

[ahinton]

Emoticonfidencetrickery?

That was precisely what I had in mind when mentioning emoticonmanship!

[Serial_Apologist]

Or, better still, not bother with emoticons at all, as I seem somehow to have contrived to do with little difficulty for at least as long as they've been in existence!...

But emoticons can be so helpful when it comes to saying what one wants to say succintly.

[ahinton]

But emoticons can be so helpful when it comes to saying what one wants to say succintly.

Or even succinctly - but can they, really? They are by definition so generalist and imprecise that "what one wants to say" is unlilkely to be expressed in more than the vaguest of general terms by means of these things...

[Serial_Apologist]

Or even succinctly - but can they, really? They are by definition so generalist and imprecise that "what one wants to say" is unlilkely to be expressed in more than the vaguest of general terms by means of these things...

A world in a gesture, kind of thing, was what I had in mind.

Oh, thanks for the spelling correction. I'd always spelt it that way without ever checking.

[Lat-Literal]

Emoticonfidencetrickery?

Would you be sounding the second "e" as if it were an "a" or would it be silent?

Or even succinctly - but can they, really? They are by definition so generalist and imprecise that "what one wants to say" is unlilkely to be expressed in more than the vaguest of general terms by means of these things...

They are the expression on the face that people can't see just with the writing.

Does Twitter have emoticons?

If it doesn't, their introduction could prevent a lot of problems experienced there!

Actually, let's cut to the chase here - it's not a proper word, is it, in the sense that any other word is similarly constructed.