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I have found that there isn't really a way to tell someone on MSN or equivalent messaging services that they're being a numpty. Of course, since a lot of my friends don't know what a numpty is (generally it's a Scottish/British slang term said affectionately for somebody who is being an idiot, usually
based upon ignorance, but it can mean that the person is silly), I'm a tad stuck for what to call them or emoticon them. I could say 'you're a donkey' or something similar, but it doesn't really have the jokey, affectionate quality that 'numpty' has.
'You spoony bard', however is probably the most ridiculous thing you probably could call someone. I reckon most people's first reaction to being called that is laughter, and you don't really need any background to it ('you spoony bard' is said in Final Fantasy IV, which was prone to awkward/strange translations in the original and in the Playstation version*. The GBA version is a lot better, although 'you spoony bard' was still in it - mainly coz it had acheived immense popularity).
So I reckon 'you spoony bard' would make a good animated emoticon. The emoticon could have many versions, one could possibly be a person playing a harp, then a spoon coming down and breaking the bard's harp, perhaps with a little 'you spoony bard' caption. Or a bard slowly morphing into a spoon.
* 'spoony' was used correctly, but it was pretty funny to hear it said, and I didn't even know that spoony was a word before I looked it up. It's not really the kind of English that is commonly used.
The Spoony Bard
http://en.wikipedia...ward_Chris_von_Muir
The 'Spoony Bard' was Final Fantasy IV character Edward Damcyan. The orginal phrase in Japanese was roughly 'you son of a bitch!', but games were prone to editing by Nintendo of America to remove all possible swearing. [froglet, Aug 27 2006]
a spooney bard for you.
http://www.riptaylor.com/
kinda looks like the emoticon I imagine [Rm Brz, Aug 31 2006]
Spoon bird (or spoonbill)
http://rgyoung777.g....com/artworks/74489
A spoony Bird [csea, Oct 04 2006]
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Well, I like it. No reason, it just applies, I mean, appeals to me. + |
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I prefer "youuuu plaaank". An emoticon for that would be straightforward. Possibly it would be straight twobyfourwood, I'm not sure. |
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So, it's baked, and came from a video game? Umm, try reading the help file? |
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Technically, no, it is not baked. The term was an insult, and the idea was an emoticon that called someone that. It was designed to be a jokey, silly way of saying 'you're a twit' or similar. |
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I think this would have been better received if you had actually designed the emoticon. It's not too late you know, my bun awaits... |
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Wipe all emoticons from existence and you shall have my bun to chew on. |
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"You Spooney Bard".... hmmm...here in the US, people would surmise it to be England-y slang for one who acts like Shakespeare in love. Or maybe Burns, eeeyew. So maybe the emoticon could have the trademark mustache and raised eyebrows. But some might mistake that for a caricature of Rip Taylor. |
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Yeah, I've an image of a mischevious-looking Shakespeare, caught pinching biscuits, or palpating someone's bottom.
<Kenneth Williams Voice>"Ooh, you spooney bard!"</kwv> |
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I hate emoticons... and smilies... and aolspeak... and l33t, so I fishboned this idea. Sorry, [froglet], but this is way below your usual standard. |
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//* 'spoony' was used correctly, but it was pretty funny to hear it said, and I didn't even know that spoony was a word before I looked it up. It's not really the kind of English that is commonly used.// |
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I'm not convinced of this - I've never heard 'spoony' used in this context before (or possibly, in *any* context before) - and while I don't have any dictionaries to hand, were this to be a pub conversation, I might be prepared to enter a small wager that it's not listed in the OED. |
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In other words, if I were playing scrabble, and someone tried to get a triple word-score with something like 'spoony' - I believe the game might take pause for adjudication. |
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//I might be prepared to enter a small wager that it's not listed in the OED.// |
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Then you would lose your wager ;-) |
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Try "define spoony" or look at dictionary.com. I don't have an OED login so I cannot check that however but I would be willing to bet it is in there. |
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That looks more like Sinbad the Sailor in a karaoke bar. |
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[phlish], I didn't realise there were rules against it. I can't find them. |
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Yeah, I looked also. I couldn't find anything either. MAybe [Jutta] really does have a crush on [phlish]. Who knew? |
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The halfbakery is not a repository for all human creative output; it's a site for ideas for inventions. It relies on its members' intuitive understanding of what that is. An emoticon is not an invention, just like a slogan isn't an invention, a new word isn't an invention, a haiku you just wrote isn't an invention, and a really cool drawing you just made isn't an invention in that sense. They're intellectual property, they're creative, they may be art, but they're not what's hosted on this site. They're finished instances of a well-defined creative format. |
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The help file already lists slogans, made-up words, recipes and flavors as cases of things that aren't ideas for inventions and don't belong here. I don't really feel that emoticons are suggested frequently enough, and are a large enough category, to warrant their own separate mention - clearly, there's an endless number of things that would qualify for exclusion. |
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So there's no school girl infatuation there for a certain someone with a name that I think rhymes with fish? |
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Let's not rule things out at this stage...
<smirks and raises eyebrow> |
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