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This comic 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. | This comic 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, and in the case of ''fucking 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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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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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.] | :[There are two small scenes in the bottom right of the plot. The first shows a pair of women holding wine glasses.] | ||
:Megan: Yes, the Cabernet is piquant as ''shit'' this year. | :Megan: Yes, the Cabernet is piquant as ''shit'' this year. | ||
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[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
[[Category:Language]] | [[Category:Language]] | ||
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