I don’t think it’s because of a confusion, I think it’s because the words have similar definitions when you think about it.
One definition of flaunt is to “show off” more or less, which isn’t a lot different from the popularized definition of showing contempt, or more aptly put “showing off breaking of a rule.”
Anyways, I could care less who agrees with me. In English common usage is the order of the day, ciao.
Heh. You did that on purpose, didn’t you?
Bolding mine.
Then why the fuck bring up the workplace? Keep it focused, man.
No. You’re a Doody-head.
Now it’s complete.
Hey, guess what. There are actually some women on the SDMB. And speaking as one of 'em, I sure wish you’d shut the fuck up already and stop talking about our body parts like they’re pieces of meat, unattached to human beings. You’re sounding like a pathetic Adam Corolla wannabe – gross, immature, and piggish. Worst of all, unfunny.
Actually, your paean to genitalia scents reminds me of Miggs from Silence of the Lambs. Do you really need Hannibal Lechter to teach you some manners?
(On the plus side, I do find it funny that Martin Hyde is siding with a “degenerate” like Otto. ‘And the lion shall lie down with the lamb…’)
Yeah, I dig the chicks.
No way. You’ll notice my multiple use of the word “T&A”; I’m talking about the whole woman!
Never heard of him.
Do you turn to pop culture for all your standards of behavior? You remind me of the archetypal fussy feminist termagent, but I can’t think from what show.
Well, Aeschines, I agree that it was silly to close the thread, but then again it’s no great loss either. Come on, it’s not like fluiddruid is actively helping the Chinese government suppress its people.
So you don’t like feminist pussy?
By flaunting one’s ability to skirt the edge of board legality, one is flouting the board’s rules.
They really aren’t the same thing at all.
Is that an offer?
Perhaps we need a Forum forum.
Ok, ok, it wasn’t that funny.
I guess it’s just me. But when I watch figure skaters, I’m aware that they are very attractive women, but I’m mostly thinking “Wow. How can someone do that without killing themselves?”
When someone admits that they can watch world-class athletes competing, pretty much the apothesis of grace and skill, earned by years if not decades of practise, and think only “gosh, I’d like to sniff that crotch”, the words “classless neanderthal” are the first ones that pop into my head.
At the * very * least, there were far better ways to phrase the OP.
Gallant: You know, I have to admit that I not only admire the athleticism of the female skaters but I find them very, very sexy as well.
Goofus: I want to sniff that muff. (Wipes drool off chin.)
I’m sure that you can discuss signal transmission rates with the best of them. However, the issue here is whether or not skatercoochie sniffing is an appropriate topic for discussion on this board. Please try to stay on topic.
Everybody’s a comedian.
Can you cite that?
As you have cited the great master of humorous writing I happily concede your point.
Jim