Crapfork?

Le Rack · 2005-06-12 23:06:32

hey guys who came up with this word again? I know you want it circulated into everyday speak whoever it was, or there was a poll or something, well mission accomplished! I'm using it the whole time, and people around me are gonna start soon too, you can just tell! Anyone else finding this happening?

12-06-2005 11:06PM

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hey guys who came up with this word again?
I know you want it circulated into everyday speak whoever it was, or there was a poll or something, well mission accomplished!
I'm using it the whole time, and people around me are gonna start soon too, you can just tell!
Anyone else finding this happening?

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#2 12-06-2005 11:08PM

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odd this is the first time i've heard of it, what does it relate/refer to or mean?

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#3 12-06-2005 11:09PM

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ah crap wheres my fork

"shut up Crapfork"

No.

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#4 12-06-2005 11:10PM

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its in loads of people sigs, its a paradox? thats what you call a thingy that you think is gonna turn out all great and it ends up being a load of b0ll0x isn't it?

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#5 12-06-2005 11:11PM

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Cremo wrote:

odd this is the first time i've heard of it, what does it relate/refer to or mean?

when something is equally amusing as it is annoying.theres a whole huge thread on it from a while back and im sure youll see it in a few sigs

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#6 12-06-2005 11:11PM

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Sparky_S wrote:

ah crap wheres my fork

"shut up Crapfork"

No.

quite you!
there was a poll for peoples made-ey uppy words there a while ago in cuckoo or on here and that was the chosen one, the challenge was to circulate it into the english language.

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#7 12-06-2005 11:12PM

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yeah thats kinda what I just said but yet some of these peeps don't recall!

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#8 12-06-2005 11:12PM

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yes thats what a paradox basically is,crapfork is no paradox

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#9 12-06-2005 11:13PM

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http://www.squeakysoundsystem.com/blog/CrapFork.jpg

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#10 12-06-2005 11:13PM

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Tar.Aldarion wrote:

yes thats what a paradox basically is,crapfork is no paradox

okay so maybe thats not what I just said, I slept my way through English class for the whole year....

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#11 12-06-2005 11:14PM

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Tar.Aldarion wrote:

http://www.squeakysoundsystem.com/blog/CrapFork.jpg

euw!

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#12 12-06-2005 11:14PM

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ho!

and one definition is :Crapfork (n) A misfortunate occurrence which is equally as amusing and ironic as it is annoying

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#13 12-06-2005 11:16PM

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yeah, eh I just seem to remember something to do with paradox's when it came to crapfork...

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#14 12-06-2005 11:17PM

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better def,

crapfork (n) Describes the opposite of serendipity. The 'crapfork' occurs when something you had been looking forward to is cancelled or turns out to be crap, or is in some way a disappointment. It can also apply to an unexpected misfortune of any kind, or more generally still to any undesirable situation.

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#15 12-06-2005 11:18PM

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yeah that good going bad thingy is where I got the paradox from...

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#16 12-06-2005 11:21PM

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paradox would be if it was good and bad at the same time
and extends to things like''to have peace,we must be prepared for war''

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#17 12-06-2005 11:22PM

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I dunno, the whole crapfork experiment was a nice idea, but it just all seems so forced and un-natural.
boards.ie has been host to some of its own slang terms, like the verb Typedef, but they all came about naturally and not because someone posted something saying "hey, lets all start saying XYZ in real life!". Besides, slang words are usually abreviations of existing words or a hybid of two words to form something in between, crap and fork have nothing to do with the meaning which is something like "An incident which is both annoying and funny in equal measures".
I think any new slang term that you want to manufacture should have one syllable and have a much more straight forward meaning and relevance.

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#18 12-06-2005 11:24PM

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yeah, eh apparently I'm a pardox of myself, I still look at the girl in puzzlement when she says that!

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#19 12-06-2005 11:26PM

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flogen wrote:

I dunno, the whole crapfork experiment was a nice idea, but it just all seems so forced and un-natural.
boards.ie has been host to some of its own slang terms, like the verb Typedef, but they all came about naturally and not because someone posted something saying "hey, lets all start saying XYZ in real life!". Besides, slang words are usually abreviations of existing words or a hybid of two words to form something in between, crap and fork have nothing to do with the meaning which is something like "An incident which is both annoying and funny in equal measures".
I think any new slang term that you want to manufacture should have one syllable and have a much more straight forward meaning and relevance.

hmm yea i would never really say crapfork never use it..but typedef :rolleyes:
crapfork did have an ok background story though

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#20 12-06-2005 11:29PM

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Le Rack wrote:

yeah, eh apparently I'm a pardox of myself, I still look at the girl in puzzlement when she says that!

Not that I really care but do you even know what a paradox is? What do you think a paradox is?

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#21 12-06-2005 11:30PM

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she doesnt but i tried to 'splain homie!

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#22 12-06-2005 11:42PM

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crapfork tomorning

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#23 12-06-2005 11:43PM

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Tar.Aldarion wrote:

hmm yea i would never really say crapfork never use it..but typedef :rolleyes:
crapfork did have an ok background story though

I'm not suggesting that Typdef is the perfect example of boards.ie slang that has made its way into real world english, it's just an example of how something developed into boardsieworld slang.

What was the background story to crapfork, anyway?

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#24 13-06-2005 12:06AM

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ah it was just some guy coming back to his apartment and all the good forks were being used so he got the mingin one lol
cant remember the rest,a quick search would do ya if ya really wanna know.
and i wasnt implying what you inferred,was agreeing with you about typedef

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#25 13-06-2005 09:23AM

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http://ball.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=244980&highlight=crapfork

think you'll find it here....good story.
i use crapfork quite regulary now.

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#26 13-06-2005 04:17PM

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silly wrote:

http://ball.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=244980&highlight=crapfork

think you'll find it here....good story.
i use crapfork quite regulary now.

yay someone like me!

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#27 13-06-2005 04:51PM

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I like the word grap*, it's simalar to crapfork, when something starts out to be great, but ends up crap. You could turn it around too, but then you'd end up with crate.

*not my word. Belongs to, well, lets call her....Anna. Because that's her name.

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#28 13-06-2005 05:08PM

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Me and Exoffender came up with it. It's the opposite to serendipity.

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#29 13-06-2005 05:21PM

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Tar.Aldarion wrote:

ho!

and one definition is :Crapfork (n) A misfortunate occurrence which is equally as amusing and ironic as it is annoying

This isn't really what we originally defined it as. It's more like when you're looking forward to something and then it turns out **** because of some stupid little reason. It's kinda like the stick in the mud.

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#30 13-06-2005 06:19PM

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What the hell are you all sh*ting on about? A crapfork already exists, way before boards "made it up":

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#31 13-06-2005 06:28PM

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Humpty D wrote:

What the hell are you all sh*ting on about? A crapfork already exists, way before boards "made it up":

Lies! Me and my cousin made it up! Why would I lie? :eek:

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