We've had enough of the punk bang crash

[sovay]

Me to spatch: (some hours ago) I have no idea how to answer this friend's meme, "What's the dorkiest thing about you?" I never know if something I do is weird unless someone tells me. Does naming the Kuiper belt object count? Building the radio telescope? I don't have any hobbies. Is it dorky or just geeky to program a sci-fi marathon?

Me to spatch: (just now) You know what really pisses me off about the data scraping of commercial genetic testing? I really want to know if I have Phoenician DNA. I read the paper about it years ago. They have a very distinct haplotype. I got ancestry in the Levant. And I'm never going to find out, because I don't want to hand my nucleobases over to big business.

Me to spatch: (my brain having caught up with that last sentence my mouth was saying) That counts, doesn't it?

Comments

[sovay]

You're a joy to know.

Thank you.

Over here we had the word "spod" or "spoddy", which is a lot less flattering than dork; "a dull or socially inept person, especially someone who is excessively studious". I'd like to reclaim this one!!!

Congratulations, I knew "swot," but I've never heard "spod." What's the etymology?

PS: have you seen the video for "Disco Pope"? The dancing is hilarious. If only that had been 1990s pop...

No! I'll have to check it out. I've got the song on a fantastic compilation called [Cease & Desist] DIY! Cult Classics from the Post-Punk Era (1978–82) (2015), which is a mouthful but well worth the listen. It was my introduction to just about everyone on the album.

[ashlyme]

Frustratingly, there doesn't seem to be an etymology for spod. I wonder if they mashed up some claggy, stolid-sounding words like "spud" and "clod" and went from there.

Thanks for the heads-up on the compilation!