01-15-2002, 12:13 AM | #1 |
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This is, of course, insulting to anybody
TOMNODDY!!!!! AH HA HA HA!!!
Seriously though . . . can anyone explain to me what Attercop and Tomnoddy actually mean ? Why is Attercop especially insulting to spiders? And why would "anyone" be insulted at being called Tomnoddy?
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01-15-2002, 12:21 AM | #2 |
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According to Douglas Anderson in The Annotated Hobbit:
"Attercop is from Middle English atter-cop(pe), itself from Old English at(t)or-coppa, 'spider' -- it means, literally, 'poison head'." "The Oxford English Dictionary defines Tomnoddy as 'a foolish or stupid person'."
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01-15-2002, 12:28 AM | #3 |
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LOL, thanks, that's interesting information. A spider, insulted at being called a spider? How odd.
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01-15-2002, 12:29 AM | #4 |
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Oooh, I have a new insult for those ignorant jocks at my school who find it so fun to make fun of me for various reasons, or just be stupid and talk through class.
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01-15-2002, 09:51 AM | #5 |
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I guess, that that "Attercop", is something alike with calling dragon "a worm". True, in one sence, but not too admirable.
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02-27-2002, 03:28 PM | #6 |
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is nittercop an insult as well? i'm sure i've heard somebody use that before.
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03-02-2002, 12:08 PM | #7 |
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isn't that wot sams gaffer used 2 call him? as well as ninnyhammer!
i like that one!!!!
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03-02-2002, 04:45 PM | #8 |
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And Neekerbeeker!
And for some of my friends, being called Arwen is the ultimate insult.
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03-03-2002, 07:41 AM | #9 |
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well yes, i would have 2 agree with u there Strawberry, especially as u were the one who called me Arwen in the first place
AND sent me an arwen e-card
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03-04-2002, 10:43 AM | #10 |
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wow. this thread is funny, people tradin insults calling each other the funniest names.
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03-10-2002, 11:15 PM | #11 |
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ninnyhammer!
neekerbeeker! tomnoddy! attercop! and there's one more that i love and can't remember right now!!! rrrrgh!!!
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03-11-2002, 12:12 AM | #12 |
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Numbskull! Although I've always preferred "nimrod."
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03-11-2002, 12:53 AM | #13 |
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all i know is ive been called worse
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03-11-2002, 04:12 PM | #14 |
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i just remembered the other one!!
dwimmerlaik!!
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03-16-2002, 06:47 AM | #15 |
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Your all forgetting Arwen if the person your insulting is female and Legolas if they male (I think all male's think legolas is gay!)
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03-18-2002, 11:54 PM | #16 |
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So that's what Tomnoddy means! I have to get that Annotated Hobbit.
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03-19-2002, 12:42 AM | #17 |
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I think I watched somewhere, either on Ripley's BION or on Discovery channel, that there was a real guy who was a jester/counselor once named Tom Fool who was pretty much like Grima and who plotted to take power.
Can anyone give any specifics on his story?
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Lummox!
Addlebrain! Buttchunk! Knuckle-Head! Heeheehee!
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