[Scspamcop] Re: OT Re: Any hint about "pingeries"?

[Mike Easter]

Eönwë wrote:
> "Mike Easter"

>> I would interpret ob quirk as meaning/ transliterating into/ - either -
>> 'assumes facts not in evidence' or such as 'you are singular in your
>> objection - please discontinue speaking for others'
>
> I usually seem to see it when it's being used in the former meaning, and
> more specifically when someone makes a comment that assumes that a
> spammer or an unresponsive abuse desk has a functioning brain - the
> Quirk Objection, in that case, amounts to "Assumes body part not in
> evidence".

Yes.  The wikilink said it that way "Quirk Objection - 'Objection! Assumes
X not found in evidence!' A humorous objection, raised when the previous
poster assumes the presence of something that has not yet been proven to
exist, such as a spammer's brains or balls.  Not used to refer to things
that have definitely been proven not to exist, such as a spammer's
ethics."

... that definition being used in the context of nanae ObQuirk! usage.

But, like many neologisms, its usage has expanded beyond nanae and
spammers, so the contextualization is more variable.

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Mike Easter
kibitzer, not SC admin