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[laularukyrumo]

Huh. And here I was assuming that it meant they were flipping someone off! This completely changes the context for me ._.

^this >.<

[Dwarf73]

Huh. And here I was assuming that it meant they were flipping someone off! This completely changes the context for me ._.

Thats exactly what I thought too. All those engravings make sense now...

Damn you all, ruined it totally, I always thought it was like showing middle finger or making a face...my dwarfs do that a lot middle of fight, doesn't make a sense now does it... *makes a plaintive gesture to all who ruined the word* 

[WealthyRadish]

For some odd reason, I always imagined it was a gesture of uncaring. Like a shrug or something.

This. I vaguely remember 'learning' the word in high school, but for some reason thought it meant apathy until recently.

[mross]

worst word ever. how about "x is begging for mercy / pleading for their life / groveling on behalf of their finely-designed mechanism"? like i dunno, something that actually evokes the meaning you are attempting to communicate.

[weenog]

It would evoke the meaning if the reader had the vocabulary to parse it correctly.

[Catsup]

i imagine its the gesture when your strangling someone and your on top of them and they desperately reach up with their hands in vain to try to get you to stop. Except replace the strangling part with serrated discs, water, or whatever is doing the killing instead. And also add in wincing and pain to the face as well as look of fear and despair and you have your plaintive gesture.

[Nyan Thousand]

worst word ever. how about "x is begging for mercy / pleading for their life / groveling on behalf of their finely-designed mechanism"? like i dunno, something that actually evokes the meaning you are attempting to communicate.

It's not the word's fault you don't know what it means and you didn't bother learning what it meant. We live in an age where information flows freely. There's no excuse for being ignorant of things like this. If you don't know something, you can easily look it up. This is especially true for word definitions.

[Torchy]

It's not a hard word to figure out. Plaintive, complain, plaintiff. Someone appealing for something from a position of weakness.
Word structure, context clues.

[DG]

This reminds me of the sweetbread thread http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=76008.msg1920037#msg1920037

[GiglameshDespair]

This reminds me of the sweetbread thread http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=76008.msg1920037#msg1920037

I found it both amusing and mildly offensive that it escalated from 'eating puppies' to 'most men would rape and murder if they had the chance'.

[mross]

I'm not talking about the definition. I mean the word itself is bland and boring.

[Catsup]

I'm not talking about the definition. I mean the word itself is bland and boring.

nothing is bland or boring if you use your imagination 

[mross]

Incorrect.

[Putnam]

Incorrect.

Your opinion is not fact.

[Loud Whispers]

Incorrect.

You never owned a cardboard box in your childhood? Or even now?

A shame. It truly is.