Comments on: boing! http://www.brendanmcguigan.com/2005/09/21/boing/ random musingsandwritings Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:36:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: brendan http://www.brendanmcguigan.com/2005/09/21/boing/#comment-18 brendan Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:45:03 +0000 http://www.brendanmcguigan.com/2005/09/21/boing/#comment-18 well, i'm still curious about the actual history of the word -- like i said earlier, i assume it is onomatopoetic, but i wonder what the origins of it are nonetheless. what i really want is an earliest citable attribution -- something a bit more concrete than the oed's "1950s". i'll still help you though :) well,

i’m still curious about the actual history of the word — like i said earlier, i assume it is onomatopoetic, but i wonder what the origins of it are nonetheless. what i really want is an earliest citable attribution — something a bit more concrete than the oed’s “1950s”.

i’ll still help you though :)

]]> By: Lori Guidos http://www.brendanmcguigan.com/2005/09/21/boing/#comment-17 Lori Guidos Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:29:23 +0000 http://www.brendanmcguigan.com/2005/09/21/boing/#comment-17 You are a very good writer. Pleas continue. Because of some synchronicity I came across your writings. While off reading "The Adventures of Lin, Lin" and other writings I came across an offer of a reward for coming up with the definition of Boing in a Blog you wrote in 2005. My question is what is my reward? The definition of BOING! According to "define: boing" in google, I get a result written in Italian which is evoca il suono di un rimbalzo in maniera più o meno metallica. it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossario_dei_fumetti Using bablefish to translate from Italian to English" The definition of Boing is: it evokes the sound of a bounce in more or less metallic way. So now will you volunteer to help me with my website? Lori Guidos Execuitve Director DisabledCommunity.Org You are a very good writer. Pleas continue.

Because of some synchronicity I came across your writings.

While off reading “The Adventures of Lin, Lin” and other writings I came across an offer of a reward for coming up with the definition of Boing in a Blog you wrote in 2005.

My question is what is my reward?

The definition of BOING!

According to “define: boing” in google, I get a result written in Italian which is

evoca il suono di un rimbalzo in maniera più o meno metallica.
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossario_dei_fumetti

Using bablefish to translate from Italian to English”

The definition of Boing is: it evokes the sound of a bounce in more or less metallic way.

So now will you volunteer to help me with my website?

Lori Guidos
Execuitve Director
DisabledCommunity.Org

]]> By: brendan http://www.brendanmcguigan.com/2005/09/21/boing/#comment-16 brendan Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:58:46 +0000 http://www.brendanmcguigan.com/2005/09/21/boing/#comment-16 OED says, "ORIGIN 1950s: imitative." Weak. OED says, “ORIGIN 1950s: imitative.”

Weak.

]]> By: Laura http://www.brendanmcguigan.com/2005/09/21/boing/#comment-15 Laura Fri, 23 Sep 2005 04:24:07 +0000 http://www.brendanmcguigan.com/2005/09/21/boing/#comment-15 Yes, I know. But David doesn't. ;) I really have no idea about early usage. I'm picturing that kind of text in cartoons, like the old Batman TV show. Have you checked the OED? Yes, I know. But David doesn’t. ;)
I really have no idea about early usage. I’m picturing that kind of text in cartoons, like the old Batman TV show. Have you checked the OED?

]]> By: brendan http://www.brendanmcguigan.com/2005/09/21/boing/#comment-14 brendan Fri, 23 Sep 2005 03:41:56 +0000 http://www.brendanmcguigan.com/2005/09/21/boing/#comment-14 I assume from the strangeness of the word that is must be onomotopoetic, but I am still curious of its origins. Is it a recent word? It has the ring of a word that could have been around for over a hundred years, but so far I can't find any sort of citing of early examples of it, or really any discussion of its origins at all. Grrr. Boing like a bunny is good, though it should be pointed out that boing is used in popular vernacular as a synonym for 'boink', so boing like a bunny definitely has a secondary meaning. Given how much bunnies like to... er... boing. I assume from the strangeness of the word that is must be onomotopoetic, but I am still curious of its origins. Is it a recent word? It has the ring of a word that could have been around for over a hundred years, but so far I can’t find any sort of citing of early examples of it, or really any discussion of its origins at all. Grrr.

Boing like a bunny is good, though it should be pointed out that boing is used in popular vernacular as a synonym for ‘boink’, so boing like a bunny definitely has a secondary meaning. Given how much bunnies like to… er… boing.

]]> By: Laura http://www.brendanmcguigan.com/2005/09/21/boing/#comment-13 Laura Thu, 22 Sep 2005 06:25:24 +0000 http://www.brendanmcguigan.com/2005/09/21/boing/#comment-13 Onomatopoeia? (David maybe wants to be a rabbit for Halloween. Instead of referring to "hop like a rabbit," he says he wants to "boing like a bunny.") Onomatopoeia?

(David maybe wants to be a rabbit for Halloween. Instead of referring to “hop like a rabbit,” he says he wants to “boing like a bunny.”)

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