#Internet Vocabulary

[lennythereviewer]

Discourse over Super Smash Bros. Ultimate literally shaped a piece of internet vocabulary.

It started with "Scrimblo Bimblo" For those not in the know, fans of Smash Bros. are notorious for having a hatred for the Fire Emblem characters on the roster due to the fact that they occupy so many spots on the roster, half of them have playstyles that are derivative of Marth's moveset, and can kind of bleed together visually which earned them the "Anime Swordsman" moniker.

The arrival of characters like Shulk and Cloud only compounded the notion that too many "Anime Swordsmen" were taking up roster spots that could have been filled with more visually distinct or more nostalgic characters from other game genres, specifically platformers (and even more specifically, Crash Bandicoot, one of the biggest fan requests) One tweet however changed everything when it coined the phrase "Scrimblo Bimblo" a catch-all to describe platformer mascots as sort of a counter to "Anime Swordsman"

Scrimblo Bimblo caught on quick by frustrated JRPG fans who were tired of being talked down to and they finally had something that got under the skin of people who kept shitting on their favorites. The two sides fought back and forth until the DLC for Ultimate ended, but Scrimblo Blimbo ended up leaking into other sides of Twitter and Tumblr where it took on a whole new meaning outside of it's original origin

It somehow got twisted into "Skrunkly Scrimblo" which became sort of a term of endearment. It's meaning is flexible but seems to commonly used for "funny little guys" or something that's cute in an almost ugly or pathetic way

Eventually the Scrimblo was dropped from Skrunkly, and Skrunkly took over this specific definition And finally today, Scrimblo (without the Bimblo) has sort of made a resurgence, now has just become an overall term of endearment for not just a favorite character but for anything or anyone

Isn't that interesting? A term born out of fandom bullying to put down a persons personal taste ended up circling back around to become a term of enjoyment and affection. And it came from the funny platform fighter that lets you kick Sephiroth's ass with Minecraft Steve

#Super Smash Bros. #Super Smash Bros. Ultimate #Minecraft #Final Fantasy 7 #Sephiroth #Sakurai #Scrimblo #Scrimblo Bimblo #Skrunkly Scrimblo #Internet history #Internet Vocabulary #Fandom #Discourse #Fandom discourse #Internet history lesson #Fire Emblem #Marth #Lucina #Roy #Ike #Robin #Corrin #Byleth #Chrom

[arbitrary-fascinations]

Language survey:

Also, how long have you been online and what other kinds of sites have you been on besides Tumblr? Eg, forums vs social media, etc

#internet vocabulary #poll #linguistics

[spiritofboredom]

Ok so can someone explain to me what exactly "proship" means? Because in every other place online it means pedophilia, but in here I'm seeing tags that say "proship safe" soo?

#tw pedophila mention #help? please? #internet vocabulary #proship

[sieglinde-freud]

had these two fire emblem engaged for 90% of my first run and this is how i think their dynamic was

#fe shitpost #fe engage #fe pandreo #fe byleth #fire emblem #i think theres a lot of potential in the engage characters/emblem dynamics #is this post an example of that? #no #but its there. the dynamics are there. im going to eat them #also this was just an excuse to use that photo somehow i think it’s legitimately the funniest thing on the internet #perchance has found its way into my everyday vocabulary much to the distress of all of my friends. sorry guys

[snooooooooppy]

yesterday's 3AM research break

#chaotic academia #annotations #art of annotating #studyblr #i can't believe people love this essay #also a huge pet peeve i have with jia tolentino is her jeffersonian vocabulary???? girl drop it this dude had slaves #if you gonna read about the internet PLEASE read californian ideology by barbrook amd cameron

[arconinternet]

1000 Most Obscure Words (Book, Norman W. Schur, 1990)

You can digitally borrow it here.

#internet archive #book #books #english language #obscure words #weird words #linguistics #vocabulary #1990 #1990s #90s

[bugsbenefit]

why is it that google is always pretty decent at translating various languages but the moment i'm looking up crochet instructions none of these words are in any dictionaries

#happens every time too #Fachvokabular just isn't in these generic dictionaries #and i've also stumbled over 3 separate sites that would have specifically featured that type of vocabulary but they're all in the #internet graveyard of dead sites now fly high #sticking with the fuck it we ball method where you free translate with two online dictionaries and gut feeling #i'm working with spanish instructions but they're so informally written i'm switching between translating them to english and german #to figure out what makes the most sense 😭

[07043012]

When Alucard returning to Hellsing, it's the year 2029. Seras must have own a 5k+ followers tiktok acc & be an influencer. Integra, on the other hand, has a twitter acc (thank to Seras) and frequently gets into a brief with the Iscariot.

Now imagine Seras has to explain what's "rizz" mean to Alucard.

#Alucard struggling to update his vocabulary #Seras being the Gen-Z representation of the Hellsing #hellsing #headcanon #Alucard missing the whole internet thingy

[partialbirthabortion]

New level of polish unlocked: able to read vaguely homophobic comment threads on reddit without additional help

#makes me feel like i have a big vocabulary! #but really its just that most internet type words are english loan words #is this b1 proficiency perhaps?

[misscrazyfangirl321]

Sometimes I try to explain fandom things to my mother.

Most recently, I tried to explain the idea of "I want to put him in a microwave" and "I'm rotating him in my mind like a rotisserie chicken."

She was mildly alarmed, and proposed a "less violent" way of saying it:

I want to put him on a lazy susan.

Anyway, it made me smile, so I had to share with the class.

#i speak #fandom life #i love my mother #she tries so hard to understand all of the fandom/internet stuff #she has fully adopted yeet into her vocabulary too which makes me grin

[daily-french-words]

concomitant : adj. qui accompagne.

ex : Ils essaient de prévoir les effets concomitants des catastrophes naturelles.

3/10 (never heard this one either, but apparently can be used quite a lot in some professional fields.)

concomitant : additional, existing and occurring with something else.

I couldn't find a better different translation so here!

Made from the Latin verb concomitari, so the prefix con, "with", and the verb comitari, "to accompany, to go with"

#i don't feel too bad for this one because the previous one is LONG AS FUCK #the etymology article in my usual source was a mess so i had to go look around the internet #agh #anyways week 1 done!!! #i'm so proud #anyways #tag time #clap emoji #french #main #concomitant #(do i need to tag every word? no but it's funny) #daily french word #french vocab #french words #daily #french vocabulary #have a good day #also listen to dog park dissidents they're good #BYE

[death-by-discus]

I’ve been in fandom for fictional media for too long and now I’m getting into non-fiction media, I’ve gotta retrain the brain it’s embarrassing. Out loud said someone was my blorpo and had to stop.

#like no that’s not a poor little meow meow that’s professional racer carlos sainz #anyway #need to deprogram the internet speak it has taken over my vocabulary

[cakemoney]

i don't want to put my uninformed foot in my mouth or get involved with the Discourse but i've been seeing the two extremes of reactions to the korean low birth rates issue (on tumblr and twitter both) and i'm just kind of like. look. i feel like "low birth rates (in many countries but especially japan and korea as part of this conversation) are more broadly the result of capitalism/a culture of overwhelming overwork that makes social relationships and having families incredibly inaccessible to young people" and "low birth rates are very much a part of the current conversation about misogyny and social expectations for women in korea especially in the context of reproduction as 'unpaid labor' for women" are statements that can both be true

#laughs awkwardly #gender #especially considering the ways patriarchal expectations and capitalism very much intersect in terms of quality of life for women #ex. women being expected to have kids / raise kids / do all the housework and cooking in a relationship #while ALSO existing in a society where women (even married women) have to work demanding jobs to deal with the high cost of living #AND women are systemically discriminated against in terms of pay / job availability / work environment and harassment #all of these things add up. these conversations are not opposing points of view. you know? #and also like. not super comfortable with how TERFs are discussed in terms of non-white cultures #TERFism / radfems as a MOVEMENT (and a cult) is very much rooted in white supremacy / ideals of womanhood #again. multiple things can be true at the same time. yes i do see (from my perspective involved in taiwanese social media) #some east asian feminists engage in transphobia in ways that approach radfem rhetoric ('women are victims of men' 'men are predators' #type generalized sentiments which you can imagine gains a lot of traction among women traumatized by patriarchy) #but movement-wise i don't think it's fair (or just in good faith) to generalize radical feminists from non-white countries #to straight up TERFs. which again. rooted in white supremacy. keep feeling like i have to remind people it doesn't make sense #for asians to be white supremacists and that not all oppression on earth stems directly from white people. you weirdos #'what are you talking about' in east asia the type of feminist statements called 'radical' are stuff like. #women shouldn't have to wear make up every time they go outside. women shouldn't be expected to do all housework. #should men pay for women on dates. debates that i think in the states we kind of take for granted as stuff settled years ago #even if some feminists might be transphobic it's not necessarily Transphobia As Core Tenets Of The Movement. does anyone get the difference #basically what i'm saying is. wow these tags got long. maybe let's not apply uniform standards of 'correct language and values' #to non-white people and attack them when as all movements they are fluid and influenced by the people living in it #TERF-style transphobia is not the predestined course for them. maybe it's more productive to have open discussions about transphobia #to work towards inclusivity and solidarity in these movements than to prescribe White Internet Morality to them #and declare that they're evil when they are still very much having conversations that need to be had. thanks i think that's all #essentially. i find that 'how dare a non-american movement not have morally pristine vocabulary priorities and membership #as determined by white leftists' to be in itself kinda a racist attitude

[izzymeadows]

A lesson on vocabulary for kids

I started doing this because i was sick of seeing people accusing others (including me) of committing heinous crimes for enjoying fictional stuff, but i actually think it is important to take all this into account, because not knowing what a word actually means can lead to dangerous misleading. If you don't know what grooming is, for example, you can think you're safe when you're, in fact, being groomed.

Some of these terms are fandom ones, and others are used in fandom but not exclusively.

This is a long list and i'm sure there's a lot i forgot, so anyone can feel free to add more.

-Fetish: a sexual interest on something that isn't sexual in itself or a body part that is not a sexual organ.

-Fetishizing: stripping something or someone of every dimension except the sexual one. Turning it/them into a sexual object.

-What is not fetishizing: acknowledging or enjoying the (possible) sexual aspect of a fictional relationship.

-Pedophilia: sexual attraction towards prepubescent children. Said children need to be real (not drawings) and actually prepubescent (ie a teen actor portraying a prepubescent character is still a teen, not prepubescent). The person feeling said attraction needs to be at least 5 years older than the object of said attraction.

-What is not pedophilia: enjoying a fictional ship, whatever the ages and/or age gap between the characters themselves or between the characters and the shipper.

-What is also not pedophilia: acknowledging teens can have a sexual drive, feel sexual attraction and/or have sex. Regardless of your age. Also liking that said teen sex drive/attraction/action is depicted in a story with fictional characters or depicting it yourself.

-What is also not pedophilia: CSA and CSEM. Pedophilia in itself is not abuse because it is not action. Of course it's still dangerous because it can drive to harmful action.

-CSA: child sexual abuse. Again, for something to be CSA, both the child and the abuser need to be real. Portraying it in fiction is not actual abuse. It can, however, trigger people and it should always be properly tagged. Somebody choosing to depict it in fiction isn't bad, but it's a really hard topic to read or see, and it's important that people can choose if they want to read or see it.

-CSEM: child sexual exploitation material. A better name for what is usually called child porn, because it takes the attention from the sexual enjoyment porn usually implies and puts it on the children exploitation and abuse.

-What is not CSEM: drawings or fiction writings of fictional children or teens in sexual situations. In order to consider something CSEM there have to be real children being actually abused, which means no drawing or fiction writing ever can be considered CSEM. Then again, they can also trigger people and should also be properly tagged.

-Grooming: setting the stage for abusing someone. The predator builds trust by giving gifts and/or favours, and then alienates the victim from their social circle and especially their caretakers, if they have them, to then build a relationship based on dependency. While it's use is mostly referring to sexual abuse of children, there are a lot of other situations of grooming.

-What is not grooming: an adult befriending a child.

-What is also not grooming: an adult acknowledging that teens can have sexual drive.

-Incest: romantic and/or sexual relationships between relatives. Like most topics mentioned here, it can trigger people and it should be properly tagged.

-What is not incest: romantic and/or sexual relationships between people who are not relatives. Yes, this includes the Asian concept of "sworn brothers", which doesn't mean the people or characters see each other as actual brothers, and any kind of friends, even if they themselves say they're like family.

-Anti/Anti-shipper: a person who thinks if you like dark topics in fiction, that makes you a bad person in real life (especially related to pairings and very especially when said dark topics are sexual) and will do anything in their power to make you "pay for it", including harassment, death threats, doxxing and petitions to kill yourself among other things. They also usually organize themselves and their friend groups are dangerously similar to cults.

-What is not an anti: somebody who doesn't like dark topics in fiction. Or somebody who thinks some things like incest or big age gaps pairings shouldn't be shipped. That is just having opinions.

-Pro-shipper: a person who thinks what you like in fiction doesn't effect your ethics as a person. This doesn't mean all pro-shippers are good people. There are infinite ways of being an asshole.

-What is not a pro-shipper: somebody who ships "problematic" pairings. That can be a pro-shipper, but not necessarily.

-Good-looking, pretty, handsome, beautiful: adjectives used to describe somebody who is pleasant to look at.

-What is not good-looking, pretty, handsome, beautiful: adjectives used to say you're sexually attracted to somebody.

-Minor: a real person who is not legally an adult. This means they aren't legally responsible of themselves and their actions and decisions. The usual age of majority is 18, but it's not the same in all countries or regions (for example, 16 in Scotland or 19 in South Korea).

-What is not a minor: a fictional character under 18. This is because "minor" is a legal term and that means it applies to actual people. A character can be a minor in their own universe, of course, but no real world law applies to fictional characters.

-What is also not a minor: a person under the age of sexual consent. In this case, it's in the "this is not what the word means" sense, because in most places the age of consent is a minor age (between 13 and 16 in most of the world).

Other interesting data for you kids

-Telling people to "get help" because they ship the "wrong ships" is stupid. A lot of the time these people already have help. In fact, psychologists agree that writing, reading, drawing etc, dark fiction is an excellent and healthy coping method.

-The proshipper idea isn't that fiction doesn't effect reality. Fiction does effect reality. That's why women, poc, queer people etc, insist in the importance of representation in fiction. What we say is that that effect isn't 1:1. What we say is that reading a work of fiction depicting some kind of abuse won't turn anybody into an abuser. It's exactly the same as saying that videogames don't make people violent. It's the same principle and it's been proved beyond any doubt.

-"Problematic" fiction is only dangerous if you can't separate fiction from reality. And if you can't separate fiction from reality, you are not fit to read fiction unsupervised. There can be different reasons for you to not be able to separate fiction from reality, it's not something to be ashamed of. But it means you need help in that regard, if you want to engage with fiction.

-If anti groups had actually good intentions about fiction, they would make campaigns against a lot of books and famous authors that do depict the stuff they say is so harmful and makes you so dangerous. They mostly don't. They only make hate campaigns against fanartists and authors with a small audience, whose works will reach thousands of times less people than, say, Nabokov's Lolita, and who don't have an army of attorneys to sue anybody who slanders them. They always target weaker people. And that's because what they actually want is not to help or protect anybody. What they actually want is just a power trip.

-Yes, accusing anybody of pedophilia, grooming or any other kind of abuse over the fiction they consume or create is slander. And yes, it's a crime.

-On the same note, sending death threats, doxxing, asking people to kill themselves, and other stuff antis usually do, are crimes too. And this doesn't depend on the victim's moral compass. Laws never say "this is illegal unless you think your victim deserves it".

-Not everybody has exactly the same morals. Some people think it's okay to have sex with multiple people at the same time, some people don't. Some people think it's okay to write a rape fantasy between fictional characters, some people don't. As long as you don't hurt real people, you're entitled to your opinions.

-If you open a fic that's properly tagged with warnings, read it and get upset, you brought it upon yourself. It's not the author of the fic who hurt you. It was you who stepped over your own boundaries. You have no right to attack the author when you disrespected yourself.

-Wanting fiction that doesn't cater to your exact needs and wants to disappear is ridiculous. And a waste of time and energy, because it's just not gonna happen.

-If you're unable to curate your own internet experience, that doesn't mean the rest of internet users need to adjust to you. It means you shouldn't be using internet unsupervised.

-Social networks are not safe spaces for kids. Internet itself is not a safe space for kids. There is a reason why most social networks have a minimum age to be allowed to have an account, and it's because they are not safe for kids. They might look like they are because most of them ban sexual content, but they're still dangerous because sexual content itself was not the danger to begin with. Really, if you don't know how to keep yourself safe in internet, either get somebody to do it for you, or don't use internet. For your own safety.

#internet #fandom #fandom vocabulary

[saving-people-haunting-things]

I actually find the "Dean just needs to change!" people more annoying than the "Dean is an abusive rage-monster!" people. Like, both are loser behavior, but I'll take a regular loser over a condescending loser any day.

#if i could delete the word ''crit'' from the internet's collective vocabulary i would

[quincyhorst]

RedoMata HCs: Juan's life (in detail)

In a whiteboard doodle long ago, I remember saying that in my setting Juan would mix up Spain's spanish and latinamerican spanish quite a lot. I'd like to develop on that better.

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But while he was born at Spain, Juan spent a huge chunk of elementary school living back at Mexico due to parents' work. For now, I picture him living in Morelia, one of the many mexican cities to host a bullring.

As means to keep a piece of Spain around, Juan developed a liking to playing the flamenco guitar. Having already at hand many Flamenco CDs passed on from grandparents, he'd put them on the radio and try to imitate them by hand. But eventually he'd develop his own style, with a frenetic yet moving melody inspired by the movement of horses. His own family fell in love with his music, playing it at reunions and such. But for the most part, such music remained hidden on the Zubeldia household.

Be it by the new scenario or by the culture clash, Juan had always struggled to make friends; having difficulty to reach out to others or maintain a conversation. His classmates didn't like him much either, often mocking his different accent and vocabulary. With time he got used to loneliness, avoiding most social situations as possible. Not even his family seemed to change his mind, until... When it was time to leave Mexico and go back to Spain, Juan was surprised by his grandma deciding to stay in the american continent instead. Her choice was set, but before parting she gave her grandson one final request: For him to keep sharing those beautiful melodies of his.

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When he came back home, things got a bit complicated at first. He had been so used to the different timezones and regional vocabulary, that re-encountering the original spanish language gave him some whiplash. Pronunciating became tricky for him yet again, and so mixing up words with different meaning. Trust me, sometimes it gets that bad. Specially with the dreaded word coger.

???: Oye Juan, ¿Podrias por favor coger el balón- ("Juan, could you please grab the ball-") Juan: ¿¡COOOOOMO!? ("WHAAAAAAT!?") ???: ...Eh? Juan: ... Juan: ...Nada. Continue por favor. ("Nothing. Go on, please.")

But fortunately, and inspired by his grandma's words, sharing his flamenco skills managed to give him a place; so much so that he soon started to develop some fame. Determined, Juan later on entered the annual May Flamenco contest of Cordoba, and ended up sweeping all the other contestants despite his young age. With this, it was definitive: His community had fallen in love with his guitar skills, nowadays inviting him to local events or parties. Juan didn't mind, he was happy to finally be out of the shadows for once. But he still fell under the effects of social anxiety outside of his hobby.

As another method to fight it, Juan would start joining groups of his interests; soccer being one of them. To his surprise it was a sport he warmed up easily to, being able to be a fairly good keeper on the yearly Spanish Youth League (But not winning it nonetheless). It was on the Community Cup where his true potential finally shone, thanks to the perfect goalkeeper-defender synergy he developed alongside Rafael and Antonio (Also of Andalusia but of other provinces).

Although they ended up on the third place, the potential Juan and his new friends had was enough for him to be choosen over the actual 1st and 2nd place keepers of the cup. Aganist all odds and controversies, he fought very hard to keep his place in, though out of nowhere a sudden riojan pretty much overshadowed him.

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(The post ends here, but under the cut there are some misc rambles regarding his setting)

Let me say one thing. In previous headcanons I've posted, Juan was established to be from Cordoba, Andalusia. However lately (and due to me overthinking things) I thought that alternatively, he could have been born in Madrid instead. And after returning Mexico he moved to live in Cordoba instead. Unfortuantely due to the Spanish Community Cup being very strict with its origin rules, Juan was called to play for the capital, alongside players like Davi Peroqui. (Worry not for the andalusian team, they'll get another keeper otherwise. And the dynamic with Rafael and Antonio will stay! Just that it will be developed after Red Matador is formed.)

This scenario is also based on the famous flamenco guitar player Paco de Lucía (Which I've seen Juan be compared to), who was born on Andalusia but later moved to Madrid afaik. Juan's arc could be a parallel version of that.

But like I said, this is just an alternate take. Plus it'd mean me having to work again on an entirely new character dynamic (Davi + Juan) all over again 🫠 So for now Andalusia it is.

#hc:ina11 #red matador #juan zubeldia #I'm so sorry if this clogs someone's dash </3 #Btw forgot to clarify #But in latinamerica 'coger' means to f- #...Well; Mexico has this odd thing where the two meanings do coexist within the vocabulary #...But I'll be sincere; I never saw anyone in LA internet using coger in a non-sexual way 🫠