From 9bbe6a2bfd9f1c90d6f3e50ee574c6be1073fb1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2017 10:17:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Ranting and raving --- entries/epic_rant.txt | 3 +++ entries/rant.txt | 11 +++++++++++ entries/rave on!.txt | 5 ----- entries/rave.txt | 11 +---------- 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) create mode 100644 entries/epic_rant.txt create mode 100644 entries/rant.txt delete mode 100644 entries/rave on!.txt diff --git a/entries/epic_rant.txt b/entries/epic_rant.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..af3dd57 --- /dev/null +++ b/entries/epic_rant.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +epic rant + +See "rant". A rant of especially long duration and/or obliviousness. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/entries/rant.txt b/entries/rant.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2c64285 --- /dev/null +++ b/entries/rant.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +rant + +1. To persist in discussing a specific subject. 2. To speak authoritatively +on a subject about which one knows very little. 3. To complain to a person +who is not in a position to correct the difficulty. 4. To purposely annoy +another person verbally. 5. To evangelize. See flame. 6. Also used to +describe a less negative form of blather, such as friendly bullshitting. +Ranting differs slightly from flaming in that to rant implies that it is +the persistence or obliviousness of the person speaking that is annoying, +while flame implies somewhat more strongly that the tone or content is +offensive as well. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/entries/rave on!.txt b/entries/rave on!.txt deleted file mode 100644 index e382fe0..0000000 --- a/entries/rave on!.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,5 +0,0 @@ -rave on! - -imp. Sarcastic invitation to continue a rave , often by someone who wishes -the raver would get a clue but realizes this is unlikely. - diff --git a/entries/rave.txt b/entries/rave.txt index cbe3e76..671010f 100644 --- a/entries/rave.txt +++ b/entries/rave.txt @@ -1,12 +1,3 @@ rave -vi. [WPI] 1. To persist in discussing a specific subject. 2. To speak -authoritatively on a subject about which one knows very little. 3. To -complain to a person who is not in a position to correct the difficulty. 4. -To purposely annoy another person verbally. 5. To evangelize. See flame. 6. -Also used to describe a less negative form of blather, such as friendly -bullshitting. Rave differs slightly from flame in that rave implies that it -is the persistence or obliviousness of the person speaking that is annoying, -while flame implies somewhat more strongly that the tone or content is -offensive as well. - +See "rant".