qarnos
Cold-hearted skeptic
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Hi guys!
I mainly lurk around here but I thought I might start a thread to try and document some of the lingo used by CTists and the aproximate English translations.
I unserstand some people like to keep this forum serious, but after reading some of the tripe the CTists post, I really need to vent some steam!
So here are my initial contributions! Modifications and additions welcome!
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Term: edition
Definition: guess.
Example: "Loose Change: Second Edition"
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Term: Occams Razor
Definition: Occams Razor is a CT principle which states that the speakers answer is the only correct one.
Example: "You guys should apply Occams Razor."
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Term: pilot
Definition: Someone who owns a copy of Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Example: "JohnDoeX is a pilot."
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Term: quote
Definition: Used to indicate that the speaker is repeating or referring to something which may bear some resemblance to words that might have been spoken by another person.
Example: "George Bush has been quoted as saying 9/11 was an inside job."
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Term: research
Definition: google/googling.
Example: "Dylan has been doing some extensive research."
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Term: smoking gun
Definition: Used to describe a minor coincidence or an event which the speaker is completely unqualified to analyse.
Example: "That plume is a smoking gun."
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Term: truth
Definition: Used to describe any scenario which the speaker has selected as their preffered version of events. In CT speak, the term "truth" is rarely prefixed with the definite article (THE) as it would be in common English. This allows the speaker to reaffirm his/her superiorority over common man.
Example: "I search for truth."
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Term: of truth
Definition: The sentence fragment "of truth" may be prefixed by all kinds of nouns to generate throw-away lines which highlight the intellectual prowess of the speaker. These phrases have no decipherable meaning.
Examples: "Purpose of truth", "Essence of truth", "Meaning of truth".
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I mainly lurk around here but I thought I might start a thread to try and document some of the lingo used by CTists and the aproximate English translations.
I unserstand some people like to keep this forum serious, but after reading some of the tripe the CTists post, I really need to vent some steam!
So here are my initial contributions! Modifications and additions welcome!
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Term: edition
Definition: guess.
Example: "Loose Change: Second Edition"
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Term: Occams Razor
Definition: Occams Razor is a CT principle which states that the speakers answer is the only correct one.
Example: "You guys should apply Occams Razor."
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Term: pilot
Definition: Someone who owns a copy of Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Example: "JohnDoeX is a pilot."
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Term: quote
Definition: Used to indicate that the speaker is repeating or referring to something which may bear some resemblance to words that might have been spoken by another person.
Example: "George Bush has been quoted as saying 9/11 was an inside job."
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Term: research
Definition: google/googling.
Example: "Dylan has been doing some extensive research."
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Term: smoking gun
Definition: Used to describe a minor coincidence or an event which the speaker is completely unqualified to analyse.
Example: "That plume is a smoking gun."
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Term: truth
Definition: Used to describe any scenario which the speaker has selected as their preffered version of events. In CT speak, the term "truth" is rarely prefixed with the definite article (THE) as it would be in common English. This allows the speaker to reaffirm his/her superiorority over common man.
Example: "I search for truth."
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Term: of truth
Definition: The sentence fragment "of truth" may be prefixed by all kinds of nouns to generate throw-away lines which highlight the intellectual prowess of the speaker. These phrases have no decipherable meaning.
Examples: "Purpose of truth", "Essence of truth", "Meaning of truth".
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