# Doper lingo **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 18, 2002, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-lingo/143606 "2002-12-18T18:09:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-lingo/143606/21 "2002-12-21T01:14:08Z")
Man…we thought we’d invented that! I was at a party YEARS ago, and a couple of friends of mine were throwing insults at one another, and one of them came up with “turdburglar!”. He claimed he had just thought of it, although he was very VERY stoned at the time. Either he invented it independently, or he had heard it somewhere else and used it without realising it. Still…ruins a memory ☹ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-lingo/143606/22 "2002-12-21T01:41:40Z")
for more abbreviations explained: [FAQ - technical issues - please read this BEFORE posting a question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1959125#post1959125) [www.acronymfinder.com](http://www.acronymfinder.com) ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-lingo/143606/23 "2002-12-21T01:59:40Z")
I seem to see the word “snarky” used a lot. I can infer its meaning from context but I’d say its probably an SDMB original. Care to elaborate? ---
**Author:** ![deathawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@deathawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deathawk)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-lingo/143606/24 "2002-12-21T02:17:18Z")
One of the recent Anthology threads, the one you were thinking of **ratty** : [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=118749](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=118749) To answer your q regarding doing thread links - this is what I’ve done: notice the difference in the link in this post vs. what is up in your browser’s address bar. The linking seems to work better if you remove the long alphanumeric string between “showthread.php?s=” and “&threadid=” ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-lingo/143606/25 "2002-12-21T07:50:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jayrot \* > \*\*I seem to see the word “snarky” used a lot. I can infer its meaning from context but I’d say its probably an SDMB original. Care to elaborate? \*\* Nah. From [Merriam-Webster Online](http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary) > [@](#): > > Main Entry: snarky > Pronunciation: 'snär-kE > Function: adjective > Etymology: dialect snark to annoy, perhaps alteration of nark to irritate > Date: 1906 ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-lingo/143606/26 "2002-12-21T17:54:33Z")
I think the MPSIMS folks will better be able to help you. ---
**Author:** ![martin\_ibn\_martin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@martin\_ibn\_martin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/martin_ibn_martin)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-lingo/143606/27 "2002-12-21T18:14:40Z")
By all means, move the thread if you think it more appropriate or useful there. Martin ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-lingo/143606/28 "2002-12-21T18:48:38Z")
Behold ![The SDMB Anthology project.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=118749&perpage=50&pagenumber=2) You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-lingo/143606/29 "2002-12-21T18:53:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by don’t ask \* > \*\*Beavis and Butt-head may have used the term turd burglar as an insult, but Beavis did wax philosophical about faeces - “Why is it called taking a dump? You’re not taking it anywhere. They should call it leaving a dump.” \*\* OMG I’m getting old. This phrase can be attributed to George Carlin about 20 years ago. The original wording was “Why do people say they are ‘taking a crap’? If anything they should be leaving a crap. I think this may be how the phrase ‘getting your shit together’ got started.” Maybe not exact wording but you get the idea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-lingo/143606.md?page=1)