 | | Re: Gafla —Larry Pieniazek
| | | | (...) 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 (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Gafla —Dave Schuler
| | | | | | (...) 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)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Gafla —David Low
| | | | | | (...) 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)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Gafla —Dave Schuler
| | | | | (...) 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. (15 years ago, 19-Feb-10, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Gafla —Bob Parker
| | | | | (...) Now wait a minute...I've been accused of thread necromancy over at classic-space.com in the past, but replying to a thread whose last post was 9 years ago (28-Nov-00)!?!? You sir, win this round ;^) (15 years ago, 19-Feb-10, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Gafla —Dave Schuler
| | | | | (...) LOL! As it turns out, I'm reading Herbert's Children of Dune for the first time, and the term "gahfla" is clearly defined about halfway through the book. For whatever reason, I immediately remembered the term from OT.FUN and thought that it (...) (15 years ago, 20-Feb-10, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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