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anamnua

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40. 'Dysfunctional' is a good

Reply to Nictuku (Original post)

Mon Aug 5, 2024, 04:50 AM

Aug 5

all purpose putdown.

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When "Weird" stops working, we can use "Dorky" to keep it going! [View all] Nictuku Aug 4 OP

Evil babsbunny Aug 4 #1

Creepy is another good one Nictuku Aug 4 #3

Creepy works particularly well with abortion, women's healthcare and womens rights ms liberty Aug 4 #33

I doubt that will drive them nuts. live love laugh Aug 4 #2

TSF is very defensive about his intellect Nictuku Aug 4 #5

Doubt it. live love laugh Aug 4 #7

addlepated Celerity Aug 4 #15

Creepy would be better, and more to the point RidinWithHarris Aug 4 #4

You do, and I do too Nictuku Aug 4 #8

"DORK" (adding the "y" makes it far too cutesy) hlthe2b Aug 4 #6

There you go...Dork and Dingy! Enter stage left Aug 4 #9

I always thought of the word dork when I saw Ron DeSantis Walleye Aug 4 #10

Unnatural... EarthAbides Aug 4 #11

Well lets move on quickly. Arthur_Frain Aug 4 #12

Mr. Yankovic is apparently not too happy with all of this. Abolishinist Aug 4 #25

I vote for creepy weird. FuzzyRabbit Aug 4 #13

Nah, dork is not necessarily a bad connotation (IMHO)... wcmagumba Aug 4 #14

'Dorky' just doesn't hit the mark IMO. Not in this instance, and not as a political buzzword. EYESORE 9001 Aug 4 #16

He really hates... 2naSalit Aug 4 #17

Creepy is more effective and accurate. Sky Jewels Aug 4 #18

Trump has a first grade mind! Too bad most voters aren't in the first grade struggle4progress Aug 4 #19

Dorks are adorkable. Republicans are creeps. meadowlander Aug 4 #20

They are never going to stop being weird. kentuck Aug 4 #21

If weird isn't working, dork, dorky, creepy, etc won't work either. onenote Aug 4 #22

I don't see how dorky hits anywhere near the same. TheKentuckian Aug 4 #23

Howzabout: Mushroom Jerkoff? PCIntern Aug 4 #24

I like weird. Weird isn't name calling. Demobrat Aug 4 #26

I would favor "creepy" or "strange" or "awkward" to dorky. RockRaven Aug 4 #27

"Skeevy" seems broadly applicable... GiqueCee Aug 4 #28

Dorky doesn't have obnoxiousdrunk Aug 4 #29

Dork is a good word BlueInPhilly Aug 4 #30

OK, what about Scallywag? Nictuku Aug 4 #31

Dorks run from kinda neutral to loveable on the ick scale though ms liberty Aug 4 #32

Treasonous Benedict Donald cpamomfromtexas Aug 4 #34

Nah. "Evil". orthoclad Aug 4 #35

Chicken. Hugin Aug 4 #36

How about low testosterone? Or Incels? Nt Quixote1818 Aug 5 #37

No. Dorky usually has one connotation ecstatic Aug 5 #38

there's nothing criminal about being weird or dorky Skittles Aug 5 #39

'Dysfunctional' is a good anamnua Aug 5 #40