Talk:whomp
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from rfd:
womps
[edit]- womps - query authenticity; clean up if legitimate. — Paul G 10:09, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- The entry is accurate as far as it goes. The word was very explicitly a nonce. T.J. made it up so he would have an expletive that wouldn't get him in trouble (but of course it does anyway). The question is whether it has found use outside the context of the show. Google for "this womps" suggests it may be. If the entry stays, it should move to the uninflected form "womp" (which is what TJ actually invented). The other question is whether it's "womp" or "whomp". I had got the idea it was "whomp" except everyone knows that's already a word. So "womp" is probably correct -dmh 16:01, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Who's T.J.? If spelling is an issue the authority for that would be the show's script. Eclecticology 18:10, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- T.J. Dettweiler is a character on the show. "This whomps" gets twice as many hits as "this womps", so whomp seems like the better spelling. I'm not sure the script would be so relevant. The word is a nonce in the context of the show — I don't believe it's even used in other episodes. The point is that it's been picked up outside the context of the show, and there it tends to be spelled with the h, regardless of what the original script may have had. -dmh 18:24, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- I've moved the whole thing to whomp, which needed an entry regardless of the Recess sense, and added a few related terms (related to the old sense). In the TV show, TJ explains that the word doesn't mean anything at all and so can mean whatever you want, but in actual usage outside the show it seems to be mainly or exclusively a replacement for suck. Actual spelling appears to favor whomp over womp in both the old and new senses. The original womps can be deleted or simply left as a redirect to whomp. -dmh 18:56, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- I guess we're keeping it as a redirect then. Next time around I'll move this discussion to whomp.
- I've moved the whole thing to whomp, which needed an entry regardless of the Recess sense, and added a few related terms (related to the old sense). In the TV show, TJ explains that the word doesn't mean anything at all and so can mean whatever you want, but in actual usage outside the show it seems to be mainly or exclusively a replacement for suck. Actual spelling appears to favor whomp over womp in both the old and new senses. The original womps can be deleted or simply left as a redirect to whomp. -dmh 18:56, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- T.J. Dettweiler is a character on the show. "This whomps" gets twice as many hits as "this womps", so whomp seems like the better spelling. I'm not sure the script would be so relevant. The word is a nonce in the context of the show — I don't believe it's even used in other episodes. The point is that it's been picked up outside the context of the show, and there it tends to be spelled with the h, regardless of what the original script may have had. -dmh 18:24, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Synonym for stomped
[edit]It's been used as synonym for "stomped".
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To lack redeeming qualities: to "suck", basically. The etymology says that this is from a TV show. Can anyone find citations? Equinox ◑ 01:01, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
- RFV failed, sense removed. —RuakhTALK 16:19, 5 December 2009 (UTC)