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Re: Gafla
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Tue, 28 Nov 2000 22:00:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Charles Eric McCarthy writes:
> > Scott A wrote:
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> > > What is Gafla anyway... it is not in my dictionary.
> >
> > I think it is the stuff you get when you try to make
> > Lefsa but you don't do it right.
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> I thought it was botched pigLatin for "flag"
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> Dave!
Sorry, I can't provide a provenance for it. I can't even remember if I
coined it or heard it from someone else. The meaning's clear from context, I
hope.
If not, ask away.
++Lar
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Message has 3 Replies: ![](/news/x.gif) | | Re: Gafla
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| (...) A general web search brought back a number of sites about college sporting events between GA and FLA, but that's not quite keeping in your context. Dave! I grok gafla! (with apologies to Heinlein and Pieniazek) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Noticing it (out of context) the first thing that came to mind was "Get A F[laming] Life Already". As in the perennial non-AFOL putdown, "Can you stop playing with a child's toy and gafla!" Of course there is always the AFOL reply, "Sure I (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Wait a minute... I think you mean ghafla, the gadfly distraction (according to Fremen). I knew I'd figure it out before too long. Though I don't know whether or not I knew you were a fan of Herbert. (14 years ago, 19-Feb-10, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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