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Post by hondobrode on Jan 6, 2016 17:52:04 GMT -5
also, to "batgirl" something - take in a whole new direction
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Jan 6, 2016 18:05:53 GMT -5
Eisnersphrizt Kirby Krackle You snob!  now you even lost half comicbook fandom  I use "Swerval" semi-regularly in conversation, too. (And I bet that nobody here gets THAT one!) |
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Jan 6, 2016 18:33:47 GMT -5
I sometimes use the phrase "where the Ditko did it go" when voicing my frustration at not being able to find something that I have misplaced. Definitely not a common phrase but definitely one that only a comic fan would get.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Jan 6, 2016 19:44:43 GMT -5
You snob! now you even lost half comicbook fandom I use "Swerval" semi-regularly in conversation, too. (And I bet that nobody here gets THAT one!) As a huge postpunk/industrial afficionado, I'm somewhat familiar with it Interstingly enough, Wolverine's french name is Serval. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 6, 2016 20:00:43 GMT -5
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Jan 6, 2016 20:58:19 GMT -5
I use "Swerval" semi-regularly in conversation, too. (And I bet that nobody here gets THAT one!) As a huge postpunk/industrial afficionado, I'm somewhat familiar with it Interstingly enough, Wolverine's french name is Serval. Huh. I got it from Hopeless Savages. I didn't know it was a real word! Serval does not sound particularly intimidating, I gotta say. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jan 6, 2016 21:02:29 GMT -5
I never knew they had a name. |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Jan 6, 2016 21:16:04 GMT -5
As a huge postpunk/industrial afficionado, I'm somewhat familiar with it Interstingly enough, Wolverine's french name is Serval. Huh. I got it from Hopeless Savages. I didn't know it was a real word! Serval does not sound particularly intimidating, I gotta say. Figured so, but isn't Hopeless Savages precisely about punks, post punks, "noisists"? I vaguely remember it in it, but I have several fanzines and records that have the word printed in it, which makes me think it comes from that scene's own slang, as I've never encountered it anywhere else. For french speaking people, Serval has a very dignified ring. It's a made up name, but sounds very cool, much cooler than Wolverine actually is, haha |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Jan 6, 2016 21:28:06 GMT -5
Yeah, a wolverine is basically a smelly, large rat. BUT it's the name of a College football team in America, which (magically!) makes it cool.
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Post by Confessor on Jan 6, 2016 22:06:32 GMT -5
I might be spelling it wrong, but  Serious $%^&ing rain, basically. Rain with a mission.Man, I love the way Eisner drew torrential downpours.  |
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Post by Cei-U! on Jan 6, 2016 22:20:26 GMT -5
Wolverines are weasels, not rodents. And "serval" is not a "made up" word. It's a species of African hunting cat.  Cei-U! I summon the zoology lesson! |
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Post by realjla on Jan 6, 2016 22:45:16 GMT -5
Wolverines are weasels, not rodents. And "serval" is not a "made up" word. It's a species of African hunting cat. Cei-U! I summon the zoology lesson! It's "Mutual of Classic Comics' Wild Kingdom! Here, while Jim Fowler tracks a Kryptonian Babootch, is your host, Cei-U Perkins!* *No relation to Marlin, Neptune, or Elizabeth. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2016 22:46:49 GMT -5
granted, I haven't read thru the whole thread yet. . but how the hell is the very 1st (or 2nd) one not:
Excelsior!
on the Classic Comics Forum too. . .shaaaaaaaaame
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 6, 2016 22:54:07 GMT -5
granted, I haven't read thru the whole thread yet. . but how the hell is the very 1st (or 2nd) one not: Excelsior!on the Classic Comics Forum too. . .shaaaaaaaaame Excelsior is not an uncommon expression outside of comics. In fact, it's the official motto for New York State |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 6, 2016 23:39:01 GMT -5
How about Snikt! and Thwip!
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