X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,2b879be11bfc68b X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,2b879be11bfc68b X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,2b879be11bfc68b X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-02 09:03:51 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: grimes@habitats.com (Carl Grimes) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Subject: Talk: Newbies and Codgers Date: 2 Oct 1994 11:01:19 -0500 Organization: Healthy Habitats (R) Lines: 39 Sender: boba@wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <36mlgf$mi@gagme.wwa.com> References: <35s6fq$1r8@gagme.wwa.com> <365kbl$5uq@gagme.wwa.com> <36dl07$hji@gagme.wwa.com> <36ledq$353@sashimi.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Xref: bga.com rec.arts.ascii:1880 alt.ascii-art:12543 alt.binaries.pictures.ascii:1253 rl3s@netcom.com (Zeus Paleologos) writes: >: >I believe the proper term is 'oldie' not 'codger,' thank you. Carl Grimes responded: >: Nothing personal, Zeus. I've been around awhile and my son has been for >: nearly 10 years! He is definitely an 'oldie' but is also definitely not a >: 'codger." >: I'm talking about a different class of 'oldies' that are more 'codgerie', not >: just experienced, but impatiently jaded. [snip] >: Just thought it might be fun to see what we could come up with! >Not to nit-pick, Carl, but the term 'codger' really doesn't seem to be >appropriate here, IMO. >The dictionary describes a 'codger' as an 'old miser.' OED relates it to >'cadger' who is described as 'one who gets his living by trickery.' Modern >colloquial usage connotes an 'eccentric old man who is likely more than he >seems.' Picky, picky. But you're right about it not fitting the dictionary definition. >Frankly, these don't seem to fit your description of a Net-know-it-all, "Net-know-it-all" is a good description for what I'm after. >many of whom have achieved their status more by their tenacity than their >tenure. And I don't want to demean the tenacious! Or the accomplished! My target is more the "self- appointed" and self-absorbed ones. The "KNOW-IT ALLS!" We're narrowing in here. I like the sound of codger and the contrast to Newbie, despite its lack of precise definition. > "Entities shall not be multiplied beyond necessity." [Occam's Razor] The Spartans weren't much fun. Carl Grimes