Indeed, sirrah, a pompous pecksniffian!
I’ll confess to thinking “Elmo” is getting a bit long in the tooth at this point myself. It’s convenient now as everyone knows who it refers to but, while I use it to, I tend to scan over it now while reading other posts.
I’m partial to “Leon” now as it came from Trump himself. Having seen it used casually a few times though it occurs to me it looks a lot more like a legit typo than “Elmo” does. Not sure if that’s a problem.
I have a nephew named Leon who has a neurological impairment and will probably never be able to live on his own without a caretaker, so I’m not too fond of that one personally. He doesn’t deserve to be smeared by association with the world’s richest incel.
After learning that (supposedly) not only was Musk aware of the “Elmo” nickname bestowed upon him by Twitter employees, but that he absolutely hated it, I started using it. It’s much easier to type than other insults, and it has the bonus of being G-rated.
Apologies to the fuzzy, kind Elmo.
Wait - which Elmo are we talking about again?
Actually, never mind - it applies to both.
“Leon” isn’t a funny word. “Elmo” is.
Huh? Leon is one of the funniest names there is.
Two I’ve read recently are “fElon” and “Enron Musk”. They don’t roll off the tongue as well, but they’re more “commentary” than just a nickname.
My mother? I’ll tell you about my mother.
Tell that to this guy: Léon: The Professional
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Leon (well, actually “Leon’s”) is a big furniture and appliance store around here. It’s the founder’s family name. The only thing (unintentionally) funny about it is the terribleness of their commercials, as befits such places. It’s the sort of place where the owner often does late-night TV spots himself, declaring that his prices are so low that “he must be crazy”.* They don’t actually do that but it’s the same level of stupid.
* There’s a cute cartoon that riffs on that sort of ad. Guy walks into one such store and says “the store across the street, whose owner does not claim to have mental health problems, has lower prices than you do.”
Does anyone else remember when Leon (I mean Noel) mysteriously disappeared?
I glub do blub…
ETA: @wolfpup 3 posts up.
I’ve told this story before but where I lived 20+ years ago there was a yummy but snooty French bistro named Chez León. They took themselves very seriously.
One of my very irreverent friends insisted on calling it Cheesy Leon’s. In his slightly crazed delivery.
I still can’t tell this story wo a big involuntary grin while I’m typing. RIP Andy; you were one of a kind.
Goes back at least to Mad Man Muntz in the 50s. Very old ad strategy.
In a Tesla you can smell the Li-ion Musk.
Oh man - that takes me way back.
Or this guy:
On my idiot congressman’s FB page, there is a new troll that calls people “Trotskyites”. Now that’s a term I’ve not herd in a long time. A looong time. Is this troll like 90 years old? I’m not even sure the people he’s attempting to insult would get it. He wold be better served sticking to “commie”.