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It's not really a new preposition, per se. It's a type of joke. Every occurrence cited here is using it in a jokey fashion. It seems to me you may as well say p
by chc 13y ago
It's not really a new preposition, per se. It's a type of joke. Every occurrence cited here is using it in a jokey fashion. It seems to me you may as well say potatoes are a common topic of conversation on the Internet because of Latvian jokes.
- jamesbritt 13y agoEvery occurrence cited here is using it in a jokey fashion. That's how it feels to me, too. It works because people are in on the deliberate "misuse" of language. Sort of like when people say (or said) the single-word sentence "Sadness." Should it become common parlance then that cool "in-joke" feel goes away, and while it would still have some meaning it wouldn't be the same meaning it has right now. It might simply become another way to say "because of." Or, articles like this one might lead people to make more of it than it was every intended, thereby becoming correct by virtue of asserting a claim that people then follow as if it already true.
- rangibaby 13y agoThis is how the word "OK" started out; it was a joke abbreviation of "all correct": Oll Korrect. You never know when a joke is going to take over the world... [0] http://www.amazon.com/OK-Improbable-Story-Americas-Greatest/dp/0199892539 http://www.amazon.com/OK-Improbable-Story-Americas-Greatest/...
- teddyh 13y agoThat is one possible origin of the word; its actual origin is unknown and disputed.
- namenotrequired 13y agoThere are many other hypotheses about where the word OK comes from.
- vorg 13y ago> It seems to me you may as well say potatoes are a common topic of conversation on the Internet because of Latvian jokes. Potatoes are a common talk topic on the net because, like, Latvian jokes.