wackyparse
wackyparse verb: to misread a text with humorous effect (perhaps deliberately), especially in line with traditional absurdist humor.
Verb
wackyparse (third-person singular simple present wackyparses, present participle wackyparsing, simple past and past participle wackyparsed)
- To misread a text with humorous effect (perhaps deliberately), especially in line with traditional absurdist humor.
- But "Kibological slip" just doesn't do it. I would prefer a single-word term. Something like "I wackyparsed that as..." or "I incorrgrept you."1998 May 9, James Kibo Parry, “Son of Short, Shameful Confession”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet)
Forms of wackyparse
| third-person singular present | wackyparses |
|---|---|
| present participle | wackyparsing |
| past participle | wackyparsed |
| past | wackyparsed |
Origin of wackyparse
From wacky + parse. Coined by James Parry in 1998. Though wackyparsing as a concept probably originated in Kibology (at alt.religion.kibology), at least as early as 1998http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&q=wackyparsing&qt_s=Search, the term has come to have wider usage, particularly on Usenet.
Questions about wackyparse
- What does wackyparse mean?
- Wackyparse means to misread a text with humorous effect (perhaps deliberately), especially in line with traditional absurdist humor.
- What part of speech is wackyparse?
- Wackyparse is a verb.
- What is the past tense of wackyparse?
- The past tense of wackyparse is wackyparsed.
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