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wobblegong
@wobblegong

To steal someone else's post valor for a minute, the etymology of the word "wizard" is actually "wise" plus the suffix "-ard", the pejorative agent suffix. AKA "-ard" is more or less the same as "-er" (weaver, gamer, baker) but it adds pejorative connoations: you're acknowledging they're whatever they are but you're also judging the shit out of them for it.

This is a funny way of looking at the word wizard but I want to propose we need to expand modern "-ard" usage beyond funny old-timey words like drunkard. It's a simple, easy to use suffix to indicate when you're talking about the people who you kinda wish would not!

  • shopper (someone shopping at a store) vs shoppard (Black Friday customer)
  • ERPer (horny roleplayer) vs ERPard (textual sex pest)
  • streamer (does stuff where people can watch) vs streamard (keeps posting in chat to come watch their stream while you are participating in the thing they are streaming come on dude)

cactus
@cactus

old: “rockstar developer (derogatory)”

bold: “programmard”


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in reply to @wobblegong's post:

I admit I'd love to find a historian who knows enough about the centuries-old context to give me the full 360 view of exactly how and why someone invented the word wizard. I wanna know the details of the contept. 😂

As with all etymological fun times, enjoyers are cautioned to double-check their results before saying out loud/hitting Submit....

(At least that one's not the worst to avoid... "retroer" isn't a word I've heard someone use before!)

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say you might have had a similar kind of experience I did. If that's the case, you definitely and absolutely have my sympathy.

(The fishbirdthings are cool, though!)

"Eee-arr-pee-ards" sounds awful and "airpards" makes me sound like I'm from Nashville and asking for Apple products (i apologize if you're a Tennesseean), so I'm gonna propose "erotic roleplayards" for the sake of relative sanity