Topic: Dictionary.com word of the day
msmyka's photo
Mon 08/30/10 12:56 PM
8/30/2010 - SHENANIGAN: mischief; prankishness (is that even a real word? LMAO) pitchfork

shoesmonkey's photo
Mon 08/30/10 01:29 PM
Is now.

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Mon 08/30/10 01:30 PM
drinker :wink: laugh

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Mon 08/30/10 01:34 PM
real as chit...

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Mon 08/30/10 01:42 PM

real as chit...

laugh

Thorb's photo
Mon 08/30/10 01:45 PM
yes ... been used as long as I can remember ... Irish roots.

msmyka's photo
Mon 08/30/10 01:52 PM
LOL I know shenanigan is a real word but the description "prankishness" doesn't seem like a real word.

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Mon 08/30/10 01:56 PM


she·nan·i·gan

she·nan·i·gan [shə nánnigən]
(plural she·nan·i·gans)
n (informal)
1. questionable act: something that is deceitful, underhanded, or otherwise questionable (usually used in the plural)
2. trick or prank: a playful trick, mischievous prank, or other display of high spirits


[Mid-19th century. Origin ?]

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Mon 08/30/10 03:30 PM

LOL I know shenanigan is a real word but the description "prankishness" doesn't seem like a real word.


verbs are pretty much carved in stone but adverbs are freely bastardized.
I think "your" has already replaced "you're" as an acceptable contraction.

Thorb's photo
Mon 08/30/10 03:33 PM
Edited by Thorb on Mon 08/30/10 03:43 PM
okay ... let's break it down... prank is a word for sure

prankish then is definately a word ...ish mening like
ness most often means ... of or kind of like
so your are saying ... kind of like prake like which comes across a bit redundant in speach so ... most likely would not be accepted as a useful word.
I think "your" has already replaced "you're" as an acceptable contraction.


only with the uneducated text crowd ... and they have no authority.

your still means it belongs to you
and
you're is still an abreviation for you are


and actually the text crowd probably uses UR ... or yur more often.

ProPhotographer's photo
Mon 08/30/10 03:40 PM
I should get a cell phone... they seem to be catching on

msmyka's photo
Mon 08/30/10 03:50 PM
I text a lot but I can't handle it when people actually type that way when they have a full keyboard and are not restricted to 160 characters.