The milves were busy making loaves of bread, tending to their calves and wolves, and placing their knives back on their shelves. Being that they were milves, they were wearing only their brieves,...
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The milves were busy making loaves of bread, tending to their calves and wolves, and placing their knives back on their shelves.
Being that they were milves, they were wearing only their brieves, which was standard for when they were under their own rooves.
Some oaves in the neighborhood chauvanistically assumed the milves were little more than cheves, and thought themselves better than the milves.
So the milves asked the oaves for prooves.
Alas, the oaves had none and were shaken in their believes.
In celebration, the milves asked the oaves for their finest scarves. After turning them over, the milves cut them in halves and scornfully said: “We milves are equal to you oaves. As punishment for your wrongdoing, you must become eternal thieves of the leaves of olive trees along the cliffves and bluffves.”
The oaves left for good, never to return. The milves then decided to marry one another and lived happy lives as wives in brieves under their rooves — making their loaves, tending to their calves and wolves, and keeping their knives off the shelves and at the ready should the oaves ever return with their sheaves of leaves.
Eight years on this wonderful website and this is probably my favourite thing I’ve seen here. I’m sure that some of these turns of phrase will simmer in my head for years to come. You monster
Eight years on this wonderful website and this is probably my favourite thing I’ve seen here. I’m sure that some of these turns of phrase will simmer in my head for years to come. You monster
We did it, Tildes! Of all my contributions to the site, the above is now my most highly voted comment. I'd like to thank the English language for being the fertile soil in which all kinds of...
We did it, Tildes!
Of all my contributions to the site, the above is now my most highly voted comment.
I'd like to thank the English language for being the fertile soil in which all kinds of wonderful words can flourish.
Most importantly though, I'd like to thank the milves for trusting me to share their important story with the world.
Could AI come up with this? I'm ESL and not familiar enough with AI capabilities, but this post has a distinct kind of funny I'm sure current models can't come up with on a first try. Obviously if...
Could AI come up with this?
I'm ESL and not familiar enough with AI capabilities, but this post has a distinct kind of funny I'm sure current models can't come up with on a first try.
Obviously if it became commonplace slang, it would get picked up by the training datasets, but I'd like to think originality is still a human domain.
Finally some real discussion on this site. I don't really have much else to add here, I think @Bonooru's and @Banazir's line of reasoning applies here. MILF is an acronym and English tends to...
Finally some real discussion on this site.
I don't really have much else to add here, I think @Bonooru's and @Banazir's line of reasoning applies here. MILF is an acronym and English tends to pluralize acronyms with a simple "-s" at the end. DVDs, AGs, CDs, MILFs.
Shouldn't the collective noun for a group of moms be a minivan-load? Or (perhaps less charitably), a leather bag? The c ollective noun for Timothee Chalomet would be either a Zendaya or a sandy...
Shouldn't the collective noun for a group of moms be a minivan-load? Or (perhaps less charitably), a leather bag?
The c
ollective noun for Timothee Chalomet would be either a Zendaya or a sandy cane.
I wonder if that range of frequency is particularly useful for FM radio transmission? I've heard of stations as low as the upper 80s and as high as 106, but don't know the physics behind how/why...
I wonder if that range of frequency is particularly useful for FM radio transmission? I've heard of stations as low as the upper 80s and as high as 106, but don't know the physics behind how/why they cluster where they do. If it even is physics instead of regulations.
Apparently 107.9 (for commercial) and 88.1 (for the non-commercial "educational" ) frequencies are the most common. 101.5 isn't particularly notable. Most common monikers are "Mix" "Q" and "Hot" I...
Apparently 107.9 (for commercial) and 88.1 (for the non-commercial "educational" ) frequencies are the most common. 101.5 isn't particularly notable.
I would argue that the location has no bearing. Can you not still refer to "a pride of lions" in, eg, Canada, despite having no prides of lions roaming the Canadian savanna?
I would argue that the location has no bearing. Can you not still refer to "a pride of lions" in, eg, Canada, despite having no prides of lions roaming the Canadian savanna?
Iirc there's not a traditional collective noun for them because they're solitary. But there's also like several dozen names for the animal so I'd be surprised if there wasn't also several...
Iirc there's not a traditional collective noun for them because they're solitary.
But there's also like several dozen names for the animal so I'd be surprised if there wasn't also several collective options at least.
Congratulations on posting the first topic with a "milf" tag. I propose we standardize the tag to the consensus of the topic so that we may accurately tag the many, many future milf topics yet to...
Congratulations on posting the first topic with a "milf" tag.
I propose we standardize the tag to the consensus of the topic so that we may accurately tag the many, many future milf topics yet to come.
Trick question: MILF dervies from the Latin "milfus" -- loosely translated as "to have aged like a fine vinum [1]" -- therefore the entomologically correct plural form is "milfi". [1] translator's...
Trick question: MILF dervies from the Latin "milfus" -- loosely translated as "to have aged like a fine vinum [1]" -- therefore the entomologically correct plural form is "milfi".
Because it's an acronym, I would say it's "MILFs". One could also argue that since "Mothers" is the plural part, MILF is both singular and plural. I am not making this argument, but bringing up as...
Because it's an acronym, I would say it's "MILFs".
One could also argue that since "Mothers" is the plural part, MILF is both singular and plural. I am not making this argument, but bringing up as a potential (wrong) option.
In my mind, Milf has become a word unto itself removed from its original acronym. I feel like it should be Milves, like Tolkien did with Dwarves, yes. I agree with you.
In my mind, Milf has become a word unto itself removed from its original acronym. I feel like it should be Milves, like Tolkien did with Dwarves, yes. I agree with you.
GIF is actually pronounced "deprecated waste of bandwidth, use a modern video format." It's a common misconception. The original peanut butter pun intended by the developers is the second most...
GIF is actually pronounced "deprecated waste of bandwidth, use a modern video format." It's a common misconception.
The original peanut butter pun intended by the developers is the second most right, though.
I think most GIFs these days are actually MP4s or WebMs with a .gif extension, and have been for many years. It wouldn't make sense to any image host to store them in the original format, but the...
I think most GIFs these days are actually MP4s or WebMs with a .gif extension, and have been for many years. It wouldn't make sense to any image host to store them in the original format, but the use of GIF to mean "very short looping video or animation" somehow caught on.
I think we're going about this all wrong. As an acronym, MILF always gets treated as a noun. But to give this loving term the respect it needs, it should be elevated to being used as an adjective....
I think we're going about this all wrong. As an acronym, MILF always gets treated as a noun. But to give this loving term the respect it needs, it should be elevated to being used as an adjective.
For example, keep it in the family and pair "MILF" with "baby" to create "MILFbaby", as in:
"Whoa, did you see that MILFbaby over there? Now, that's an additional member to the family portrait I'd like to add."
If someone pronounced "milves" in a sentence I wouldn't know what they were talking about... maybe I would hear "mills" (like windmills)?? Additionally, if you write MILFs I can Ctrl+F "MILF" and...
If someone pronounced "milves" in a sentence I wouldn't know what they were talking about... maybe I would hear "mills" (like windmills)??
Additionally, if you write MILFs I can Ctrl+F "MILF" and still see relevant content whereas "milves" will mismatch on "v"
I think we've already come to a consensus, but I just want to tack on that the other "-ILF" acronyms sound significantly worse. I don't think ILF dilves or gilves.
I think we've already come to a consensus, but I just want to tack on that the other "-ILF" acronyms sound significantly worse. I don't think ILF dilves or gilves.
The milves were busy making loaves of bread, tending to their calves and wolves, and placing their knives back on their shelves.
Being that they were milves, they were wearing only their brieves, which was standard for when they were under their own rooves.
Some oaves in the neighborhood chauvanistically assumed the milves were little more than cheves, and thought themselves better than the milves.
So the milves asked the oaves for prooves.
Alas, the oaves had none and were shaken in their believes.
In celebration, the milves asked the oaves for their finest scarves. After turning them over, the milves cut them in halves and scornfully said: “We milves are equal to you oaves. As punishment for your wrongdoing, you must become eternal thieves of the leaves of olive trees along the cliffves and bluffves.”
The oaves left for good, never to return. The milves then decided to marry one another and lived happy lives as wives in brieves under their rooves — making their loaves, tending to their calves and wolves, and keeping their knives off the shelves and at the ready should the oaves ever return with their sheaves of leaves.
Eight years on this wonderful website and this is probably my favourite thing I’ve seen here. I’m sure that some of these turns of phrase will simmer in my head for years to come. You monster
We did it, Tildes!
Of all my contributions to the site, the above is now my most highly voted comment.
I'd like to thank the English language for being the fertile soil in which all kinds of wonderful words can flourish.
Most importantly though, I'd like to thank the milves for trusting me to share their important story with the world.
Milve on, milves. Never stop milving.
Probably best use of Examplary tag use I've seen in a while. But should I also tag it as Joke....?
These milves, battling sexism and doing the hard work of establishing their own successful sapphic commune, are a joke to you?! 😉
Examplary
tildes silver, if you will
It's what I was going for with the medal without copying the reddit silver bit precisely
iMO tags are dependent on the nature of the thread and post together. In the context of this thread probably nah for me.
Ah, the English language - say what you will, but it could never be accused of consistency. Beautifully done!
Could AI come up with this?
I'm ESL and not familiar enough with AI capabilities, but this post has a distinct kind of funny I'm sure current models can't come up with on a first try.
Obviously if it became commonplace slang, it would get picked up by the training datasets, but I'd like to think originality is still a human domain.
Is this how we think about anything creative now?
Correct. Any time anything novel happens, there is an obligatory question of whether it was novel enough.
Worthy of Mark Twain and his diatribe against German.
Since the plural of Attorney General is Attorneys General and the abbreviations thereof are AG and AGs. It follows that MILF should be MILFs.
Finally some real discussion on this site.
I don't really have much else to add here, I think @Bonooru's and @Banazir's line of reasoning applies here. MILF is an acronym and English tends to pluralize acronyms with a simple "-s" at the end. DVDs, AGs, CDs, MILFs.
I would agree, if @kfwyre didn't seem to have that post on his clipboard waiting for this opportunity. I'm now more torn than I was before.
I’ll have you know that I gave up actual IRL sleep to compose The Fable of the Lesbian-Separatist Harem of Milves.
And we are all better people for it. I applaud you and your sleep deprivation!
Is it still a harem if the Miles don't cluster around one of the oaves?
Think of them more as an equal-opportunity, women-owned harem co-op rather than a traditional harem. They're really innovating in that space.
DVDs and CDs aren't great examples as the last word in those acronyms simply gain an 's' for the plural anyway. But I do otherwise agree.
It's called "a pride".
I could use direction on what the plural of Timothée Chalamet would be
Since the plural of Attorney General is Attorneys General it follows that the plural is Timothées Chalamet.
Timmy Chimmees
Shouldn't the collective noun for a group of moms be a minivan-load? Or (perhaps less charitably), a leather bag?
The c
ollective noun for Timothee Chalomet would be either a Zendaya or a sandy cane.
Also, I wanted to take this chance to share my favorite meme of collective nouns
Does a 101.5 FM exist in every city?
I stopped listening to broadcast radio around 15 years ago, but everywhere I lived before then had one.
I wonder if that range of frequency is particularly useful for FM radio transmission? I've heard of stations as low as the upper 80s and as high as 106, but don't know the physics behind how/why they cluster where they do. If it even is physics instead of regulations.
Apparently 107.9 (for commercial) and 88.1 (for the non-commercial "educational" ) frequencies are the most common. 101.5 isn't particularly notable.
Most common monikers are "Mix" "Q" and "Hot"
I found that neat.
That was incredibly topical and informative. Thanks!
Yw! I love finding random bits of info I never thought to look up before.
That's a very cool page. Thanks for sharing!
I would argue that the location has no bearing. Can you not still refer to "a pride of lions" in, eg, Canada, despite having no prides of lions roaming the Canadian savanna?
We have the mountain variety aplenty, methinks :)
Actually, do mountain lions also group as pride???
Iirc there's not a traditional collective noun for them because they're solitary.
But there's also like several dozen names for the animal so I'd be surprised if there wasn't also several collective options at least.
Yeah, no. No gay mountain lions.
I drop 101.5 “The Hammer” FM of months into conversation at every gloriously rare opportunity.
The collective noun for a multiple of Timothée Chalamet is a contest.
Congratulations on posting the first topic with a "milf" tag.
I propose we standardize the tag to the consensus of the topic so that we may accurately tag the many, many future milf topics yet to come.
Trick question: MILF dervies from the Latin "milfus" -- loosely translated as "to have aged like a fine vinum [1]" -- therefore the entomologically correct plural form is "milfi".
[1] translator's note: vinum means wine
What's the milfi password?
"entomologically" is bugging me.
Hah, yeah, I littorally went overboard with that one :3
Lettuce not put a stop to humor just because we want to be ahead.
Oh no I edited my post to remove what I felt was a subpar joke clause D: apologies
I find it very pleasing, more specific than "automagically" which is just pleasing ;)
Because it's an acronym, I would say it's "MILFs".
One could also argue that since "Mothers" is the plural part, MILF is both singular and plural. I am not making this argument, but bringing up as a potential (wrong) option.
You could technically use MsILF then no? (Emms ill ff)
See, I and many others use it as a proper noun at this point. So my half-conscious brain running on 2.5 hours of sleep had this genius idea
New acronym unlocked: Mothers I'd Like to Very Enthusiastically Sex
Tolkien would probably prefer milves, he originally preferred "dwarfs" as the plural for "dwarf" but changed his mind later to "dwarves"
In my mind, Milf has become a word unto itself removed from its original acronym. I feel like it should be Milves, like Tolkien did with Dwarves, yes. I agree with you.
MsILF
But where is that on the USDA soil texture graph??
The collective noun for a group of them is called a Coolidge
I vote milves because it's more fun, but @Bauke should make this a survey question so we can settle this once and for all.
I really do think it's MILFs. We say gifs and radars, right? We usually pluralise acronyms as they are.
You mispronounced gifs though, I think you meant jifs.
Get out.
GIF is actually pronounced "deprecated waste of bandwidth, use a modern video format." It's a common misconception.
The original peanut butter pun intended by the developers is the second most right, though.
I think most GIFs these days are actually MP4s or WebMs with a .gif extension, and have been for many years. It wouldn't make sense to any image host to store them in the original format, but the use of GIF to mean "very short looping video or animation" somehow caught on.
You mean zhaif?
Since the plural of Attorney General is Attorneys General. It follows that the plural of gifs is radarves. Yes, like Tolkien did.
I think we're going about this all wrong. As an acronym, MILF always gets treated as a noun. But to give this loving term the respect it needs, it should be elevated to being used as an adjective.
For example, keep it in the family and pair "MILF" with "baby" to create "MILFbaby", as in:
Well I hate the term "keeping it in the family" and adding "baby" in about equal measure which is perhaps impressive
When I say this (as oft I do), I tend to pronounce as "milves" (easy to pronounce) even though I would spell it MILFs in writing
If someone pronounced "milves" in a sentence I wouldn't know what they were talking about... maybe I would hear "mills" (like windmills)??
Additionally, if you write MILFs I can Ctrl+F "MILF" and still see relevant content whereas "milves" will mismatch on "v"
/MIL(FS?|VES)/i
Just to make things even more Reddit-like...
Thousands of MILFs clamoring for attention and love!
I think we've already come to a consensus, but I just want to tack on that the other "-ILF" acronyms sound significantly worse. I don't think ILF dilves or gilves.
Excellent use of internet resources, finally, something we all can get behind!