Filk comes from filksong, which was originally a typo for folksong. It refers to songs written about science fiction and science fiction fandom. Usually these are new words to an old tune. Weird Al Yankovic's song about Anakin Skywalker to the tune of Don Maclean's Bye Bye Miss American Pie is a perfect example (except that it is actually commercially available, generally filk is amateur). Filk can be used as a verb meaning to sing filksongs.
I'm going down to the music room to filk for a while.
This is also used in computer culture. It appears in the hacker's dictionary. It is a recursive acronym standing for mung until not good. I can mean playing with code or electronics until they break or making something in a very quick and dirty way. I'll just mung something up.
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mgs commented on the word autological
A word which is an example of itself is autological. For example polysyllabic is autological.
June 11, 2009
mgs commented on the word filk
Filk comes from filksong, which was originally a typo for folksong. It refers to songs written about science fiction and science fiction fandom. Usually these are new words to an old tune. Weird Al Yankovic's song about Anakin Skywalker to the tune of Don Maclean's Bye Bye Miss American Pie is a perfect example (except that it is actually commercially available, generally filk is amateur). Filk can be used as a verb meaning to sing filksongs.
I'm going down to the music room to filk for a while.
June 11, 2009
mgs commented on the word mung
This is also used in computer culture. It appears in the hacker's dictionary. It is a recursive acronym standing for mung until not good. I can mean playing with code or electronics until they break or making something in a very quick and dirty way. I'll just mung something up.
June 11, 2009
mgs commented on the word misophyte
Someone who hates plants, as a misogynist hates women. Look at him tear out those bushes. He's a real misophyte.
June 11, 2009