tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10624981.post3466788524142074860..comments2024-03-02T05:18:13.619-05:00Comments on standBy Bert: A Word That Grosses Me Out But Also Kind of Makes Me LaughElizabeth Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506529878062016297noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10624981.post-89227945296636866462007-04-17T22:38:00.000-04:002007-04-17T22:38:00.000-04:00maybe this is why i've always had an odd (guilt by...maybe this is why i've always had an odd (guilt by association?) aversion to hearing the word "luge"...mernitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09185401856113179709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10624981.post-55459176492544148812007-04-17T11:55:00.000-04:002007-04-17T11:55:00.000-04:00nothing in the dictionary for "spooge", weirdly.go...nothing in the dictionary for "spooge", weirdly.<BR/><BR/>got one for "spoof", though...Justin D.M. Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01643773932089600748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10624981.post-461522916877109922007-04-17T09:34:00.000-04:002007-04-17T09:34:00.000-04:00Susan, that's perfect. That feeling needs a whole...Susan, that's perfect. That feeling needs a whole word of it's own.<BR/>Dean, Teo - all variants of spooge are equally creepy to me.<BR/>LB - I had heard that the reaction to the book was ridiculous. Along those lines, I will soon direct you all to a blog called Kurt Vonnegut's asshole.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10624981.post-8984281523447407762007-04-16T21:16:00.000-04:002007-04-16T21:16:00.000-04:00Has anyone read "The Higher Power of Lucky?" That...Has anyone read "The Higher Power of Lucky?" That kids' book that freaked everyone out because it won the Newberry awared EVEN THOUGH IT USED THE WORD SCROTUM?<BR/><BR/>The actual passage is great: Lucky hears some guy talking about his dog getting bit on the scrotum by a snake, and she wonders to herself what that means, thinking the word sounds very dark and secretive, or like some substance one might cough up when sick.<BR/><BR/>Spooge, however? Entirely lacking in mystery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10624981.post-19448169856428939392007-04-16T21:09:00.000-04:002007-04-16T21:09:00.000-04:00worse: spooging(hey, i didn't start this...)worse: spooging<BR/><BR/>(hey, i didn't start this...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10624981.post-38578801723246667782007-04-16T16:18:00.000-04:002007-04-16T16:18:00.000-04:00It's an ugly sort of word, particularly in past te...It's an ugly sort of word, particularly in past tense: spooged. <BR/><BR/>Ick.deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07410064795682939760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10624981.post-88623967614930778932007-04-16T13:41:00.000-04:002007-04-16T13:41:00.000-04:00There's some Douglas Adams' book where he makes up...There's some Douglas Adams' book where he makes up words and definitions. And there was a word very much like <I>spooge</I> he used to describe the feeling of sitting down in a seat that was warmed by a previous body.LitParkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17522150687696351583noreply@blogger.com