Member posted January 15, 2012 15:53
There was a kerfuffle over a recent NYT crossword puzzle, and the debate ended up getting airtime on The Colbert Report.
I thought you all might enjoy
seeing it. Scroll down to see the vid.
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This message has been edited. Last edited by: zmježd , January 16, 2012 05:08 "Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Member Will never said a cross word until he took it in the Shortz.
<Proofreader> posted January 16, 2012 17:40
If he tours the country, it'll be a Shortz circuit.
Member It does seem to me that the "illin" could be the clue for "Wack, in hip-hop," at least by Shortz's explanation. Can't say I've heard of "illin" before, though. Has anyone here?
Member Somehow I doubt that most Wordcrafters are of the correct age group to be
au fait with current youthful slang.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
Member I'm in my fifties; I've heard both
illin' and
wack used by people who are not hip-hop artists. I work for a company most of whose employees are in their twenties and thirties.
Ceci n'est pas un seing .
Member I'll ask my kids. Of course I had heard of wack , just not illin .
Member I thought
illin was someone who went to a college in your state, Kalleh. As for
wack , if you add "off" to it, I understand it.
Member quote:
Originally posted by zmježd:illin' and wack
This is pretty old slang. I seem to remember it from the 80s.
Member I've heard
wack , but not
illin .
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
