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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | '''Comic 798''' is a {{w|Plot_(graphics)|plot graph}} comparing how often certain adjectives are used alone versus in the phrases ''"fucking [adjective]"'' and ''"[adjective] as shit"''. Plot data is based on Google search engine result count, or ''hits''. The graph's formula uses the {{w|natural logarithm}} of the hits for the obscene phrase divided by the hits for the adjective alone. | |
− | It's a social observation of linguistics pointing out that the use of swear words as intensifiers is more common with everyday words (''eg. annoying, pissed, stupid'') than it is with more arcane words (''eg. piquant, fungible''). | + | It's a social observation of linguistics pointing out that the use of swear words as intensifiers is more common with everyday words (''eg. annoying, pissed, stupid'') than it is with more arcane words (''eg. piquant, fungible''). The last two examples are each used in a sentence that one is not likely to overhear, but [[Randall]] has imagined as comedic, and in the case of ''fungible'', a way to justify its relatively high occurrence online. |
− | The only word included in the graph that's never found in either obscene phrase is '' | + | The only word included in the graph that's never found in either obscene phrase is ''peristeronic''. Its definition ''("Of or pertaining to pigeons")'' is included due to its extreme obscurity. |
− | The title text mocks the use of the word ''fucking'' in combination with '' | + | The title text mocks the use of the word ''fucking'' in combination with ''ineffable'' since the colloquialism ''effing'' or ''F-ing'' is a way of censoring "the F-word", ''fuck''. The two used together resembles someone partially self-censoring the phrase "fucking unfuckable." |
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:Frequency with which various adjectives are intensified with obscenities (based on Google hits) | :Frequency with which various adjectives are intensified with obscenities (based on Google hits) | ||
− | : | + | :((The legend above the plot reads:)) |
:Red marker: "fucking ____" | :Red marker: "fucking ____" | ||
:Blue marker: "____ as shit" | :Blue marker: "____ as shit" | ||
− | : | + | :((Mathematical formula for scale next to the legend:)) |
− | :Scale: ln(hits for intensified phrase | + | :Scale: ln(hits for intensified phrase hits for adjective alone) |
− | : | + | :((The plot itself lists a series of adjectives in approximately descending order. Each has a red and a blue marker corresponding to the scale described.)) |
− | : | + | :((Horizontal axis starts with none, then has a vertical dashed line, then 'rarely' at -17, increasing to 'often' at -5.)) |
− | : | + | :((Each adjective is listed with approximate red and blue values, in that order.)) |
− | :Annoying -5 - | + | :Annoying -5 -5 |
:Pissed -5 -6 | :Pissed -5 -6 | ||
:Stupid -5 -8 | :Stupid -5 -8 | ||
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:Stochastic -14 never | :Stochastic -14 never | ||
:Fungible -12 never | :Fungible -12 never | ||
− | :Peristeronic ("Of or pertaining to pigeons") | + | :Peristeronic never never ("Of or pertaining to pigeons") |
− | :[ | + | :[there are two small scenes in the bottom right of the plot. The first shows a pair of women holding wine glasses.] |
− | : | + | :Second woman: Yes, the Cabernet is piquant as shit this time of year. |
− | :[The second shows | + | :[The second shows a person sitting at a computer desk.] |
− | : | + | :Person: Whoa, these commodities are fucking fungible! |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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