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Re: origins of "Fibblesnork"
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Fri, 7 Jan 2000 20:03:49 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Matthew Miller writes:
> So "fibblesnork" is either a pig that tells mostly-trivial lies, or perhaps
> a verb meaning "to make a snorting sound in an untruthful or misleading
> way".
LOL!!!
I just liked the way the 'bble' sounded. I've always liked words like
"rubble" (Barney Rubble) and "bubble", and there supposedly was a video
game by Toru Iwatani (the creator of Pac-Man) named "Libble Rabble."
A friend of mine actually came up with the word in 1989 (as a suggestion for
a last name), except that he said "Fiddlesnork" or "Fiddlesnort" (I can't
remember which) and not "Fibblesnork." I liked it better with the b's than
the d's, so I changed it to "Fibblesnork" and started using the pseudonym
"Todd Fibblesnork" on reader-response mail that I filled out at work, to see
how many mailing lists I'd get on after filling out just one card (I circled
all the numbers on that one card). I got stuff mailed to me from dozens of
companies for more than 6 years from that one card. :) When it came time
to make a LEGO product guide in 1995-6, it seemed like a fun name to use for
that.
--Todd
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| (...) It makes me wonder how those lists are monitored. When I send away for cereal box premiums or other things, I use the name "Zonkers". With a last name like Yulish, you'd think somebody would catch on that this just doesn't seem right. But hey, (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: origins of "Fibblesnork"
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| Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:FnzEED.EFs@lugnet.com... (...) perhaps (...) for (...) than (...) see (...) circled (...) of (...) for (...) I remember a message (in RTL or here?) that gave me a big laugh, which stated that (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: origins of "Fibblesnork"
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| (...) According to OED, "snork" is either a snort or grunting noise or a young pig. (It's also apparently Australian and N.Z. slang for a baby.) Or as a verb, it means to snore or to snort or grunt (especially for the noises made by horses and (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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