Most misspelled word? MORON

[UnityDem]

Playing the spelling police. I have noticed that the majority of posts using this word spell it incorrectly. It is MORON, not MORAN.
definition of moron: "a remarkably stupid person" from the greek word for stupid 'moros'. But, me worrying about this is probably pretty moron-ic. Ha!;-)

[Lex]

1. Hahahahaha!

Good one.

You're kidding, right?


It's from our favorite MORAN ever:








"It's a JOKE, son."

[leveymg]

54. That's Skinner, right?

:P

[dkamin]

97. I thought it was

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

[ComerPerro]

178. Yeah, that's Skinner

[SharonRB]

58. LOL

I always knew the misspelling was intentional, but I never knew where it originated. Now I know, finally!

[leveymg]

172. After a thousand posts, you learn the Inner Secrets.

Skinner will teach you the Secret Handshakes next.

Chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry?:9

[sakabatou]

176. I never learned it and I'm nearing 3K

[leveymg]

177. Oh, Initiated Fellow of the Order of Moran

Tell me. How do I check my total number of DU posts after the magic millenium?

[sakabatou]

182. Go to options

then user profiles
find your username
and your post count should show up

[PunkPop]

2. It's a joke.

Anybody got the picture?

[Zan_of_Texas]

94. We have a brand new nominee, for Mr. Moran #2.

See thread with lots of comments, here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4397863

[madeline_con]

119. Lex sent the pic....

all is explained....

[crispini]

Hahahahahaha!

:popcorn: O boy.

[RebelOne]

3. There's a reason for it. Would someone please post the photo

of our favorite Mr. Moran?

[JimmyJazz]

9. I posted it down a bit further.

[Craig3410]

11. Me, #7. : -nt-

[UnityDem]

17. Didn't know it was an

inside joke. What is the joke?

[swag]

24. When people type "the internets," that's a joke too.

[hfojvt]

69. otherwise I am Sirius

and stop calling me Shirley.

[SoCalDem]

76. Don't you mean "series".?. Come on this is HUGH !1!1!!

:evilgrin:

[hfojvt]

81. oppps. Muy bad. O, the sham, mortification, ect.

Howe dus the spelchek wurk agin!

[Kurovski]

163. now your being a hypocrit!

Their, I said it!

[NFL80]

180. THIS is Hugh

[Citizen Jane]

93. Sirius Black?

Aah, but he was killed off in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

[hfojvt]

96. no I was not

I did a disguise spell so Voldemort would look like me and another spell made Dumbledore look like Voldemort so ha ha. This will all come out in the next book, I am sure.

[Kurovski]

162. When we sometimes call George "president"

that is likewise cracking wise.

[Stephanie]

28. Look at the first reply to your thread

[bertha katzenengel]

83. SEE THE FIRST REPLY FOR THE ANSWER

and welcome to DU :hi:

[dweller]

4. heh heh ... n/t

:)

dp

[Citizen Jane]

5. Not a misspelling...

An old inside joke,

Pictures please??

[JimmyJazz]

6. It's MORAN -

we adopted the spelling from this picture ;) HA!

[Craig3410]

7. We use "moran", I think, because...

:D

[rateyes]

87. Every time I see that picture...

I laugh, and cry because the jerk is a Cardinals fan! Go St. Louis.

[Kurovski]

164. Every time I see that picture

I think; "Get an enlistment form."

Have the standards been lowered enough yet for our Mr. doo-rag?

Of course if he has enlisted and is serving, may God guide and protect him, etc,.

[wicket]

8. It is intentional

It's a riff on the pro-war protester from before the Iraq War started whose poster misspelled "moron" as "moran".





******EDITED FOR SPELLING NAZIS

[SharonRB]

61. Should be "whose" poster, not "who's"

[wicket]

63. oh give me a break

:eyes:

[SharonRB]

66. Sorry -- I just couldn't resist

On any other thread, I wouldn't have bothered, but I thought it was apropos here.

BTW -- I see typos all the time and they drive me nuts, as proofreading is part of my job, but I generally don't bother saying anything. If I did, I'd spend all my time correcting people.

[Dervill Crow]

120. I work as a proofreader/editor, too, but the internets is exempt.

:rofl:

On edit: On DU, it's all about content, not style.

[Canadian Socialist]

146. A propos

two words (from the French) meaning to be proper.

[mcscajun]

150. Yet like many French words or phrases, English speakers have

corrupted it for their own use.

Apropos is standard usage now.

[Canadian Socialist]

157. I know

I was just being a spelling "Nazi". However, here (in Canada) we pronounce it as the two words, not one. Must be all that damn French stuff we learn in school!:toast:

[mcscajun]

158. More than likely...

...the Quebecois influence. :)

[Canadian Socialist]

159. Ya think?

tabernak, mos dies.

Le boute elevee!
sorry I can't do the accent marks.

[wickerwoman]

171. Self delete.

[kestrel91316]

166. On DU many typos are deliberate, to mock the Freepers.

[TankLV]

175. Some of us type too fast and are too charged up by the discussion

to always remember.

With my laptop - it seems to happen a lot compared to my PC - plus many times I delete entire strings of words with a wrong finger.

It's not that important to me as it is to you. It gets more anoying to me to have to go back and check everything or remember to spellcheck.

[jonnyblitz]

10. it's intentionally mispelled that's why..

a DU inside joke..maybe somebody will have the pic handy to post and show you...:P

[meganmonkey]

12. Inside joke

who's got the pic?

edit: see post #7

[harlinchi]

13. This spelling, I'm pretty sure, is a sarcastic reference to an actual...

...moron who in a hand-lettered a sign in support of the president misspelled the word as moran!

[tridim]

14. A certain infamous freeper would be interested in your advice

n/t

[Eloriel]

142. Has anyone ever heard from said infamous freeper? I'd love to know

if he knows of his DU fame, and what he thinks about it (and whether he has since bought a dictionary or found one online, perhaps)?

LOL.

[madrchsod]

15. no it`s moran

[EstimatedProphet]

16. Here is is-dude, don't be a MORAN! :)

[UnityDem]

Great stuff....now I get it

thanks.

[question everything]

48. And, for a while some claim that this was a fake

here is an interesting comment from http://lonewacko.com/blog/archives/000472.html


I work with the guy in this photo and he doesn't even have a computer.I seen this photo and posted it on the wall and he got pissed.I thought about posting his name but I better not.

Posted by: indiana at May 11, 2005 04:37 AM

[CoffeeCat]

75. You work with the guy in the photo?!?!?!?

Seriously????

That is just too funny!

Does he realize how infamous he is?

Please don't tell me that you work in public education and that this guy is an English teacher! :)

Wow...I can't believe you actually know him. It's your "brush with greatness"!

[jackster]

79. no....I think it was someone else...

if you go to the website linked and read the comments you'll see that "indiana" is the one who worked with Mr. Moran....

[Buns_of_Fire]

153. ...and if "indiana" will get in touch with Mr. Moran...

...would he be so kind as to tell him that he owes DU $25,000 for making him world famous. This publicity don't come cheap, you know.

Minus, of course, the $4.95 he spent on posterboard and magic markers. If he'd only sell the poster on eBay, he should be able to recoup that in no time.

And, if he'll tell us the identity of the girl with the "Free Ripublic" sign standing next to him.....

[UCSBLiberalCat53]

18. Cub fans

also use MORAN to lovingly describe Cardinal fans.

[Lochloosa]

67. From that part of Florida he is more than likely a Gator Fan...

[Hailtothechimp]

160. So true.

Cubby Blue and Cardinal Red. Kind of a microcosm of America, really.

The NYTimes did a piece about St. Louis a while back (in March or April) and said that St Louis is becoming more progressive than Missouri at large. It will never approach Chicago, but I was intrigued by it all the same.

[UCSBLiberalCat53]

185. hehe

So there is hope for St. Louis ;-) More power to its inhabitants, just not to the Cardinals.

[Gold Metal Flake]

19. Flypaper?

An attractant of some sort.

But, it might catch as many beneficial bugs as pests.

Who has the pix?

[KyndCulture]

20. you are joking right?

You know why we spell it that way don't you???

omg... lmao.

[BOSSHOG]

21. Actually I believe the misspelling of that word on DU is

intentional. There is a picture of a fine young conservative lad with a sign stating "Get a Brain Morans." Obviously referring to us evil liberals, ergo the spelling by us. Kind of a tribute to conservative ingenuity and prowess.

In my observations over the years the most misspelled word on DU is "lose" which is often spelled "loose." Just an observation, not a critique.

[Gelliebeans]

72. I agree with you on lose/loose confusion

but I have also noticed "noone" for "no one"

Figured I could get away with nitpicking in this thread. hee hee ;)

[Carla in Ca]

104. OK, here is mine

When anyways is used instead of anyway to start a sentence.:hi:

[Gelliebeans]

113. ooo ooo that one too!

Normally a mere mention of spelling etiquette seems so petty when the world is going to hell in a handbag but since someone already mentioned these grammatical blurps I feel entitled to jump on the bandwagon. ;)

I have a feeling someone is going to ask me to pull my head out of my ass soon :rofl:

[Carla in Ca]

125. I know what you mean

But the thread was a great stress reliever and if I get it for slipping that one in, I'm going to just blame you! :hi: :loveya:

[Gelliebeans]

129. I got your back

:loveya:

[Carla in Ca]

136. Ah, Gelliebeans

You just made this gal with a cold feel a whole lot better.

[Sanity Claws]

145. You go to hell in a handbasket, not a handbag

I should know -- I think I've been there and back. ;)

[immoderate]

183. Can I play too?

My pet peeve is "alot" and I see it a lot.

--IMM

[Carla in Ca]

184. Oh, that is a good one, too

n/t

[William Seger]

116. Maybe

Lose might be the winner, but definitely is definately in the running.

[Stephanie]

Is it "pedant" or "pedent"?

Hey, DU, how many times have the spelling police come down on us for "moran"? I say this is moran post number 53. Is DU too big? Do we have to explain every joke now?

[johnaries]

22. Welcome to DU! You haven't seen the picture.

This should explain it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4397863#4398157

[Cleita]

33. He did spell brain right. I would have expected brane or

something like that. I guess he's a high school drop out and not a junior high drop out.

[johnaries]

71. Is Brian Moran still a DU poster? n/t

[Cleita]

23. Welcome to the insiders spelling club UnityDem.

The moran spelling is special for freepers as others have informed you on the above posts.

[meganmonkey]

25. Nominated. So others who think we are morans..er...morons...

can see why :)

[CityZen-X]

26. This is the most misspelled word...

Bu$h*t! (never mind I stand corrected)

[Stand and Fight]

27. Head meet Ass...

If you need help getting disconnected, I'm sure someone on DU would be willing to lend you a helping hand. :evilgrin:

[mattclearing]

29. This post happens almost weekly here.

Someone always wants to point out the moran thing. :D

[Buns_of_Fire]

156. It used to happen every two months or so, when DU was smaller

Then, it was every month. Then, it was every week. Now, it's every couple of days. Maybe Skinner will consider adding it to the general information for all new people.

Either way, it's a fun diversion, and I probably won't loose too much sleep over it. :evilgrin:

[Gildor Inglorion]

30. Really most misspelled word: "Alright"

There is no such word, nor should there be.

[Citizen Jane]

91. Alas

"alright" is now included in the OED second edition.

[jbnow]

111. 'Alot' should be correct and I can prove the need.

The correct spelling 'a lot' might lead to misunderstanding.

Let's say we are getting to know each other by mail and you mention an orange trees on your property.
I ask how much property you have.
You write back that you have a lot.
I am so impressed. I envision your huge estate.
I come to visit you. Your house is on a narrow strip of land with houses on both sides of you...
You get the idea.

That might not happen hundreds of times a day. Still it is just wrong that alot is not a word, so I allot this time to write about it because a lot of people sit in their house on a lot and write alot a lot.

[Richard Steele]

134. Alright then.

[jackster]

31. okay someone let UnityDem in on the other

famous FR/rightie misspellings

HUGH for huge

PAUL POT for Pol Pot

SERIES for serious

what else?

Today I saw the following by an idiot on a blog

FITTLE for fiddle

the Freep dictionary could be a comedy best seller!

[Lex]

35. Also, when typing "!"

esp. after "It's HUGH" please use "!!!!!!1111"

[Coexist]

89. its very important to mix them up, too - ITS HUGH!!!!1!1!

[Cleita]

37. Don't forget stocking for stalking.n/t

[jackster]

55. oh yeah from our favorite homeschooler

on yahoo - !!!

wonder just how long it will take her kids to "gradeetate" from Bob Jones U!

[anitar1]

141. Lol--I am having a great laugh. Have noticed some of these

and try to ignore. But this is a hoot.

[Carla in Ca]

105. LOL...I remember that one

n/t

[Cleita]

41. I like your idea of the freep spelling dictionary.n/t

[nashville_brook]

59. stocking = stalking

[uppityperson]

64. Hard werk, or hard wurk

Definition: clearing brush, falling off bike, garbling speeches

[ET Awful]

85. I think "Paul" Pot is still one of the funniest ones they've come up with

That one always gives me a chuckle

[catzies]

90. Before "moran," there was "your a looser!" That was my all-time fave

:rofl:

[Dervill Crow]

127. Well, let me just give you some advise. (n/t)

[PassingFair]

152. Also:

* = Bush
BFEE = Bush Family Evil Empire

If you don't know what PNAC is, go to google, go directly to google, do not pass go, and do not come back until you have been edjumacated!

[cascadiance]

32. Here's another Moran...

[question everything]

34. "get a brain morans" - freeper

[Walt Starr]

36. ARE YOU SERIES???? THIS IS HUGH!!!!!!!11111

:evilgrin:

[Bluebear]

40. TRUTH BE DEMAND!!!!!!!!!111111111

[Spazito]

57. ROFL, I had forgotten that one!

*

[Mnemosyne]

124. There may be Marshall Law!

I know Marshall and he wouldn't impose his law on us!!

[ironman202]

143. Dyslexics of the wolrd Untie!

[SoCalDem]

77. GMTA...:)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4398173&mesg_id=4398743

[bbgrunt]

38. thanks for clarifying that--I too wondered about this

and I think a lot of people who I have seen misspell this word here and elsewhere were not in on the joke.

[RetroLounge]

39. This is HUGH 1111111111111111

:rofl:

RL

[eleny]

49. And don't forget the incorrect word stretch technique

Never extend the vowels as you would really say the word but instead do that to the consonant.
Example:
Spell it this way "A-r-g-g-g-g-g-g-h!" instead of "A-a-a-a-a-a-r-g-h"

My pet peeve. :evilgrin:

[question everything]

52. Interesting. Is it, then, w-e-l-l-l

not sure about oohh, though..

[eleny]

68. Y-i-k-k-k-k-es!

[jackster]

62. they also are fond of quotation marks....

often like to "use" them with "practically" every other "word" in what I "guess" is "supposed" to pass for a "sentence."

Oh, and don't forget that they also do not understand how to pluralize - dog's, Bush's, freeper's - for example - and no, they are NEVER possessive!

[eleny]

65. "Absolu-t-t-t-t-t-ly"

And I always get nervous about who's and whose. No matter what I do, I just "know" I get it "wrong"! :scared:

[osaMABUSh]

169. The "election" was "won" by "The President" therefore he was

"re-elected" by the "majority" of the "voters". All quotes were necesary.

[ET Awful]

88. How about lolololol . . . the repeated lol always pissed me off

I mean why the hell would anyone be laughout out lout out loud out loud out loud out loud (ad infinitum).

[Arugula Latte]

118. ROFL

You guys are killing me! :rofl:

[DelawareValleyDem]

42. That one you have to let go for reasons already explained.

Feel free to correct people who spell 'loser' with a double 'o'.

[UnityDem]

43. Yep, universally "looser" for

"loser" wins hands down. That is especially true on sports message boards.

[Roon]

70. My brother is an attorney

and he used "loose" instead of "lose" once in an e-mail. I was shocked!!

[jbnow]

112. Oh on sports boards

maybe they mean one team was looser (as in loosen up or as in flabby, not tight) and so they lost.
Likely not but we can pretend.

[tavalon]

131. Or loose for lose

Very, very intelligent people use that one.

The dude with the poster, he was just a moran!

[cascadiance]

44. But some of us like "looser" persons more than they like "loser" persons!

:)

[toey]

60. i personally think lose should be spelled lews, like news, then no one ...

would confuse them. just pondered this last night as a matter of fact.

[FlaGranny]

101. Yeah, but "news"

is pronounced "nooze." Ain't English great?

[toey]

106. well, lose is pronounced "looze" that's my point

[FlaGranny]

161. Well -

:banghead: Let me loose so I can lose my embarrassment. How easy it is to get confused even when you know the difference. I very well know the difference in "to," "too," and "two," too, but it sometimes takes me two attempts to get those straight.

[stopbush]

45. Waht wood Micheal More thinc?

[Mercury_Rising]

86. N/T

Whoops!

[Citizen Jane]

95. Eeek

I just snorted diet coke through my nose after that!

Thanks for the laugh!

[SmokingJacket]

46. So no more spelling police, okay??

It makes you look really insecure, like you have to show how much smarter than everyone you are.

[UnityDem]

47. I plead "uncle". I give.

Not smarter. Just didn't know the inside joke.

[eleny]

51. Welcome to DU

And enjoy being on the Greatest page. I just gave your 5th "Recommended".

Y-i-p-p-p-p-p-e! :evilgrin:

[Richardo]

74. Yes. You come off looking like 'Paul Pot'

...another hilarious freeperism. :rofl:

[qanda]

80. Honest mistake

There should be a place where newbies can go and get acclamated to the inside stuff without feeling intimidated. There were some acronyms, like LIHOP, MIHOP and BFEE that had me stumped for ages. I didn't find out what they meant until someone else had the nerve to ask.

BTW, welcome to DU.

[catmandu57]

92. Demopedia

covers all the slang.

[tavalon]

133. Or n/t

for no text, which this post isn't.

[mzteris]

137. Ok - I'll ask

What the hell DOES:

LIHOP, MIHOP and BFEE

mean?????????


:hide:

[qanda]

138. LOL (no need to hide)

That's hilarious!!!! I guess, I should have put the answers in my post. SORRY! LIHOP and MIHOP refer to theories of government involvement in 9/11 and are Let It Happen On Purpose and Made It Happen On Purpose respectively. BFEE is Bush Family Evil Empire.

[mzteris]

140. Thanks!!!......

I won't tell you how long it took me to figure out LTTE! :rofl:

[SmokingJacket]

82. Sorry to be harsh.

I usually don't rag on people like this, but if everyone focussed on their own spelling instead of the spelling of others, this wouldn't happen...

But I LUV new DUers, so here's a :hug:

and a :donut:

[question everything]

50. LOL, try googling "get a brain morans"

yes, all in the quotes, and you will get 1,440 results..

[Generic Other]

53. Morans Unite!

[mtnester]

56. Huked on fonix werkt 4 me

SOMEONE had to say it dammit! :)


on edit - Shoot I had to edit a typo on of all threads this one.

[jbnow]

117. As a man said

Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.

From English Is A Crazy Language
www.bazza.com/sj/humour/EnglishIsACrazyLanguage.html

My friend made a song from it and audience, whether children or adults laugh and identify.

[TheModernTerrorist]

73. bahahaha

this thread is great :rofl:

[MalibuChloe]

78. ha ha leave UnityDem alone!

he/she didn't know the joke!


:nopity:

[Beaverhausen]

84. Really everybody! Be nice

we have lots of new folks here and that is an old reference.

welcome newbies! :hi:

[TWiley]

98. Get a Brain Morans !

At least, that is what the freepers sign said. That is why we poke fun at it.

[Catherine Vincent]

99. Okay, now you know the whole story.

But I see some people say "what a maroon!" I don't get that one.

[yewberry]

102. What a maroon!

It's from Bugs Bunny cartoons--Bugs uses it in reference to Elmer Fudd, I think. :hi:

[elperromagico]

100. Does this mean I have to call Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) Jim Moron?

I'm pretty sure that's incorrect. ;)

[Judi Lynn]

103. "Morans" has become so recognized already it has its own spin-off.

Found this in Google images.

[shirlden]

108. Fess Up

Which Duer is this ????

Too funny:rofl: :applause:

[txindy]

107. You might want to start a thread about 'HUGH' mistakes, too

Or maybe not.

The next time you sense a pattern, chances are it's deliberate.

[Eric J in MN]

109. What is the joke behind "HUGH?" nt

nt

[Bluebear]

121. This is freeper spelling for "HUGE"

However. I just saw a real estate listing featuring a "hugh backyard" so evidently it is a common misspelling among those who, um, spell like that.

[txindy]

123. Freeper way to spell "huge," it seems.

And it is always in caps, too, followed by lots of exclamation points. "This is HUGH!!!!!!"

Reading their site is nearly impossible without going blind and suffering brain-lock. No wonder they don't like the so-called "intellectual elite" - that includes everyone who made it through elementary school with a better than D average. In other words: Not them.

[Blue_Tires]

110. i swear,

once every 6 months or so a new poster starts a thread like this, and it never fails to entertain me

[VOX]

114. UnityDem, there's absolutely nothing remaining with which to tweak you.

So I'll just wish you a belated welcome to DU.

Cheers -- :toast:

[Dervill Crow]

115. Welcome to DU. You must be new here.

:hi:

[Up2Late]

122. Too funny and Welcome!

:toast:



:grouphug:

[tavalon]

126. Just to help you out

the reason we spell it that way is to make fun of a freeper who had a sign that had it spelled wrong. It's on purpose.

[lonestarnot]

128. What do morans bother you toooo? LOL

[tavalon]

130. So, as you can see

Many, if not most of us here, have IQ's much higher than our freeper "counterparts" and one of the ways we show it is with wordplay. One of the ways we let off steam is to tease the animals. It's not pretty but it can be amusing.

[ariesgem]

132. Are we ever gonna stop STOCKING this MORAN?

:D

see post >http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4320500

135. moron

I think moran is how an easterner would speak it, draw out the aaaa sound.

[slackmaster]

139. asinine

I see it spelled "assinine" several times a day on DU alone.

[BlueStateBlue]

144. Drives me crazy, too. My vote for #2 is "huge".

I can't believe how many people spell it "hugh".

Yikes.

:crazy:

[Canadian Socialist]

147. I just want to say...

that practically everyone on this board misspell words constantly.

It's "neighbour" not "neighbor". "Colour" not "color"... well you get the drift.

[rateyes]

167. And, sity instead of city---correct? eom

[Stuckinthebush]

148. Don't you hate being on the other side of inside jokes?

Well, you are now on the inside!

:D

[Califooyah Operative]

149. moran

[mcscajun]

151. Lest we forget: "Strategery"

There's another great inside tweak for * & Co.

[Yupster]

154. A lot is a lot of words

It's easy to remember.

That's the most misspelled in my book.

[JVS]

155. You're new here

[Demonaut]

165. newbie..................lol

[osaMABUSh]

168. We also refer to The Electronic Superhighway as "The Internets"

Can anyone tell us why?

[osaMABUSh]

170. Morans is such an inside joke that it's almost cool

except that we can only, usually, enjoy it virtually on DU.

But luckily, I get to enjoy it verbally with actual humans. Although, my wife and son are not posters on DU they are quite familar with the term 'morans' and so we get to use it often in conversation.

[cascadiance]

173. Givin' dis thred a rediculus kik!

[asikite]

174. I thought it started at FC

[melody]

179. "moran" is DU joke

Some may be misspellings, but I suspect quite a few are observing the unofficial official Freeper spelling.

[DS1]

181. 183 replies isn't nearly enough to explain the reason why

It's because there was this dude, once, and he had this sign.

It said Get a Brain, Morans!

Just in case you missed it

:P DU

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186. This is the most moranic post ever.

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I am sure by now you get the joke. This is classic. :hi: