cartooney
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Blend of cartoon + attorney, or a variation of cartoony.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]cartooney (plural cartoonies or cartooneys)
- (Internet slang) An empty and comically overstated threat of legal action, or a mock legal action.
- 2004, Danny Goodman, “Rule #3: Spammers Are Stupid”, in Spam Wars: Our Last Best Chance to Defeat Spammers, Scammers, and Hackers, SelectBooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 183:
- Because we who don’t like spam need a good laugh once in a while (other than the occasional guffaws induced by cartooneys), let me share a few samples from my incoming spam cesspool.
Alternative forms
[edit]References
[edit]- A representative example of a cartooney
- A cartooney analyzed
- Definition at Spamfaq.net
- Definition in the SpamCop Dictionary
- Definition at the JargonWiki
Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cartooney
- Misspelling of cartoony.