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From my hometown (Oslo) you found «Obama killed me» to be in favor of him. I'm not sure it is (or not), but still, kind of funny. Screenshot: http://i.imgur.co

From my hometown (Oslo) you found «Obama killed me» to be in favor of him. I'm not sure it is (or not), but still, kind of funny. Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/lGXZA.png http://i.imgur.com/lGXZA.png

JamesCRR 14y ago
Hehe whoops, just changed that one, not sure what I did there. Another one I've probably got wrong is Obamanation, which I thought was good at the time, like a contraction of "Obama for the Nation" now I'm thinking it's a pun on Abomination. Not sure though!
- Steko 14y ago
  "Obamanation" is a pretty common wingnutism.
  - JamesCRR 14y ago
    Yep, we updated that one too! Thanks to @lordlarm for also pointing this out.
  - briandear 14y ago
    What is a 'wingnutism'? Let's skip the puerilities on HN if possible.
    - Steko 14y ago
      "What is a 'wingnutism'?" A euphamism coined by and popular with the far right US commentariat. "Let's skip the puerilities on HN if possible." So you're saying we should stop being so childish and get back to the serious discussion about the neutral term "Obamanation"? Don't get me wrong, I get what you're saying and half didn't want to publish with that word exactly but I searched and the alternative was some long clinical description. While it's important to avoid epithets it's also important to be concise and using one word to do the job of over 10 should also be striven for.
      - zem 14y ago
        the word you're looking for is "neologism", not "euphemism" - a euphemism is the replacement of a word or phrase with a synonym considered less offensive, while retaining the meaning. (e.g. "poo" rather than "shit"). see wikipedia for a good discussion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism
- planetguy 14y ago
  Another one I noticed is "Obama's Network", which is in DC not too far from the White House (but definitely not at it). It's classified as pro-Obama, and if it were anywhere else it probably would be, but given the location I'd say it's just a joke designed to surprise passersby.

JamesCRR 14y ago

Hehe whoops, just changed that one, not sure what I did there. Another one I've probably got wrong is Obamanation, which I thought was good at the time, like a contraction of "Obama for the Nation" now I'm thinking it's a pun on Abomination. Not sure though!

Steko 14y ago
"Obamanation" is a pretty common wingnutism.
- JamesCRR 14y ago
  Yep, we updated that one too! Thanks to @lordlarm for also pointing this out.
- briandear 14y ago
  What is a 'wingnutism'? Let's skip the puerilities on HN if possible.
  - Steko 14y ago
    "What is a 'wingnutism'?" A euphamism coined by and popular with the far right US commentariat. "Let's skip the puerilities on HN if possible." So you're saying we should stop being so childish and get back to the serious discussion about the neutral term "Obamanation"? Don't get me wrong, I get what you're saying and half didn't want to publish with that word exactly but I searched and the alternative was some long clinical description. While it's important to avoid epithets it's also important to be concise and using one word to do the job of over 10 should also be striven for.
    - zem 14y ago
      the word you're looking for is "neologism", not "euphemism" - a euphemism is the replacement of a word or phrase with a synonym considered less offensive, while retaining the meaning. (e.g. "poo" rather than "shit"). see wikipedia for a good discussion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism
planetguy 14y ago
Another one I noticed is "Obama's Network", which is in DC not too far from the White House (but definitely not at it). It's classified as pro-Obama, and if it were anywhere else it probably would be, but given the location I'd say it's just a joke designed to surprise passersby.