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[QUOTE=yzb25;914205]yeah, a large part of the lexicon starts to feel very arbitrary and context-based after a while. Flipflopping can often be used interchangeably with flailing without ppl raising eyebrows, which can often be used interchangeably with fence-sitting without raising any eyebrows, which now apparently can often also be used interchangeably with waffling.

When scums do an ISO their commentary on every post is often just [I]"[COLOR="#FF8C00"][buzzword][/COLOR]? Or maybe even [COLOR="#FF0000"][buzzword][/COLOR]?"[/I] over and over and somehow get away with it because every town is assigning their own nuanced interpretation of what the scum meant LOL.[/QUOTE]

sorry if this is broadening the intended topic too much, but I wanna mention that [I]"buddying"[/I] is an extremely vague term that can be used for pretty much any friendly, positive or even decent interaction between two people. [I]"pocketing"[/I] potentially includes literally every single usage of [I]"buddying"[/I], yet somehow when someone says the latter it sounds like they're saying something more meaningful because they're also insinuating some kind of scum intent, when in practice they're objectively saying less. Isn't it so weird how your dumb, easily-manipulated town brain works? XD. Or maybe this only works on me, idk.

Originally Posted by yzb25

yeah, a large part of the lexicon starts to feel very arbitrary and context-based after a while. Flipflopping can often be used interchangeably with flailing without ppl raising eyebrows, which can often be used interchangeably with fence-sitting without raising any eyebrows, which now apparently can often also be used interchangeably with waffling.

When scums do an ISO their commentary on every post is often just "[buzzword]? Or maybe even [buzzword]?" over and over and somehow get away with it because every town is assigning their own nuanced interpretation of what the scum meant LOL.

sorry if this is broadening the intended topic too much, but I wanna mention that "buddying" is an extremely vague term that can be used for pretty much any friendly, positive or even decent interaction between two people. "pocketing" potentially includes literally every single usage of "buddying", yet somehow when someone says the latter it sounds like they're saying something more meaningful because they're also insinuating some kind of scum intent, when in practice they're objectively saying less. Isn't it so weird how your dumb, easily-manipulated town brain works? XD. Or maybe this only works on me, idk.

[QUOTE=Marshmallow Marshall;914090]Fencesitting: not clearly picking a stance on your reads, often associated with fearing to place votes.

Waffling: Huh? :D I'd assume it's the same as fluffing (posting a lot of stuff that looks useful but that isn't)

Hedging and flailing are pretty similar, although flailing often has a "shit cases" dimension to it. Basically flip-flopping on multiple people, if I'm not mistaken. Those terms are pretty large, though, and are "buzzwords", so there's a reason you're unsure about their meaning.[/QUOTE]

yeah, a large part of the lexicon starts to feel very arbitrary and context-based after a while. Flipflopping can often be used interchangeably with flailing without ppl raising eyebrows, which can often be used interchangeably with fence-sitting without raising any eyebrows, which now apparently can often also be used interchangeably with waffling.

When scums do an ISO their commentary on every post is often just [I]"[COLOR="#FF8C00"][buzzword][/COLOR]? Or maybe even [COLOR="#FF0000"][buzzword][/COLOR]?"[/I] over and over and somehow get away with it because every town is assigning their own nuanced interpretation of what the scum meant LOL.

Originally Posted by Marshmallow Marshall

Fencesitting: not clearly picking a stance on your reads, often associated with fearing to place votes.

Waffling: Huh? I'd assume it's the same as fluffing (posting a lot of stuff that looks useful but that isn't)

Hedging and flailing are pretty similar, although flailing often has a "shit cases" dimension to it. Basically flip-flopping on multiple people, if I'm not mistaken. Those terms are pretty large, though, and are "buzzwords", so there's a reason you're unsure about their meaning.

yeah, a large part of the lexicon starts to feel very arbitrary and context-based after a while. Flipflopping can often be used interchangeably with flailing without ppl raising eyebrows, which can often be used interchangeably with fence-sitting without raising any eyebrows, which now apparently can often also be used interchangeably with waffling.

When scums do an ISO their commentary on every post is often just "[buzzword]? Or maybe even [buzzword]?" over and over and somehow get away with it because every town is assigning their own nuanced interpretation of what the scum meant LOL.

I also resonate with martin's definition of flailing. Seems like that's how ppl generally use the term, then.

tbh, this entire time I was reading waffling with the British meaning, so I must have been totally misinterpreting what American ppl meant when they used it LOL.

I also resonate with martin's definition of flailing. Seems like that's how ppl generally use the term, then.

tbh, this entire time I was reading waffling with the British meaning, so I must have been totally misinterpreting what American ppl meant when they used it LOL.