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[Moldy Rutabaga]

>How does one use "other" as a verb? I'm intrigued.

In my English grad program, it was the trendy buzzword word to beat all, based on the idea that disadvantaged groups are marginalized from the mainstreams of politics, culture, and literature -- and so they are the "other." I found the term confusing as usually that marginalization was negative but sometimes positive. And so there were papers with names like "Interrogating the Juxtaposition of Lear and Cordelia as Agonistic Representations of the Praxis of Doubt: Othering the Dynamic of Homoerotic Transference in Renaissance and Postcolonial Identification." Which were often total bumpf.

Most of my professors liked me because I would write good papers but intentionally with the shortest title possible: "Humor in Beowulf."

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[davai!]

When someone mentions a movie, always say, "the book was soooo much better..."

[maryjanes]

[VanIslander]

People who think they are being tricky come across as being pretty dumb.

[peppermint]

[.38 Special]

[Moldy Rutabaga]

Ah, yes. But how would Goethe approach this, as it were? (You see? Throw in a "Goethe" and an "as it were" and, dude, the smart chix are all over you.)

Thanks for the explanation PM. It's one of those terms that became thrown around so much that I started to close my ears to it and forget what it meant. It can indeed be used as a verb, as in describing how the big bad dominant group (like me, who made $12,000 a year as a grad assistant) "others" a marginalized group.

And so another way to appear smart is to change nouns to verbs. I believe if we all concrete our thinking we can banana our commitment to guitaring a more juggernaut actioning.
(President's minister in Idiocracy: "Whoa, did you just think of that?")

[DorkothyParker]

Of all that, I really just like banana as a verb. It's just so ap-PEEL-ing.

Banana (v): The act of confirming an idea in its present state.
Origin: The use of the word banana makes reference to the security of the fruit within the peel. An idea or plan that had been "bananad" is expected not to be altered or changed in the future.

[kiknkorea]

[Steelrails]

[Underwaterbob]

[Moldy Rutabaga]

[exercise_in_futility]

Play chess conspicuously on facebook, especially against n00bs so you can get a high rating even if you're not good enough to back it up against a player of equal skill.

*Warning* this requires that you actually know how to play some Chess. Unfortunately, the game of Checkers does not have the same effect and will make you look dumb unless you are wearing monocles and tweed suit. Monocles are cool.

[exercise_in_futility]

HOlding a conspicuous "The Economist" in your hand, scoff at people reading the Korea Herald or Korea Times.

Never talk when you can help it:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/fat-guy-mistakenly-thought-of-as-strong,5635/

Carry a book with a title that signifies difficult material. When asked to explain, simply retort, "Oh this? I just started reading it. I like to dabble in genomics from time to time." If further pressed, just make up bullsh&t. Most laypeople will agree with whatever you have to say.

I like to throw around "but what's your metric?" and "there's no metric for something like that!" just for kicks.

Read up on Greek mythology and drop in references in daily conversation. But not too many or you'll be thought an ass, one must not fly too close to the sun.

[Underwaterbob]

I don't know why you'd want to do this. Speaking as someone of greater than average intelligence, those beneath me (read: all of you) often react with hostility towards my obviously greater intellect.