'character' = 'toon'. when and why?

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Originally Posted by Breeziyo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

i will never understand people who get legit anal pain whenever someone says toon

We'll never understand why each new generation of dickwads has to warp words and phrases in order to make them their own - put their 'spin' on them.
As if they have some burning desire to leave their legacy in the world - except they do it in something inane and pointless like a video game instead of real life where it counts.
That and/or they are just lazy resulting in the shortening of words because apparently typing a few more letters is difficult.

'DPS' is annoying one - especially when games do not calculate their primary damage output in a per second interval.
It's "damage", it's always been "damage" and typing "damage dealer" or "how much damage do you do?" is not hard.

"Mincer" from LOTRO is a great example of the absurdity of word changing multiple times.
The term refers to the class called the Minstrel. At first it was "Mins" for short, then somehow the lazy approach of shortening it wasn't enough.
It had to be re-coined as a "Mincer" ...

So not only did it get shortened, it got re-lengthened as a different word entirely of nearly about the same length.


..TF is wrong with you kids. Just grow up and use the proper word for something.