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| H'llo, I'm sure people know plenty of Lego jargon that would make a normal person give you an odd look if they heard you say it. All I'm wondering here is who was the person/people to coin some of the terms like BURP, minifig, CRAPP, etc.. Greg (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) According to my records... * "BURP" was first used by Mark Hornblower <wombat@hookup.net> in a post to rec.toys.lego on May 28, 1995. * "CRAPP" was first used by Eric Pilcher <rasta@peak.org> in a post to rec.toys.lego on June 11, 1995. * (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Hi Todd, I looked at (URL) glad you posted it. I've always wondered what some of those acronyms meant. I also think it's interesting how the following has kind-of strayed in the lcad newsgroups: (...) When I see MOC in lcad now-a-days I always think (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Huh? Who uses MOC for mockups? Steve "Must have been asleep" Bliss (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) created (...) the (...) I can't answer your query, but I've recently left my Lego Dark Ages after a spell in the toy (action figure) collectors' field. Anyway, in those circles MOC stands for Mint On Card - a description of the condition of an (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| If a word has more than one meaning, there is no name for this occurence. It is just a word with different meanings. However... If two words have the same spelling and different meanings, that is a homonym or a homograph, but never a homophone. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Eww. How unfortunate that there's reason to place my name in a list next to one of the only two RLT'ers to ever rip me off. :-( -- joshua (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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