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Re: Gafla
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 28 Nov 2000 22:53:45 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > > 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!
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> 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.
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 will, but while it's 25%
off I'm going to Grab A Truckload of Lego ASAP."
--DaveL
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| (...) 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)
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