Got ilk?
I’ve come to the conclusion that the term “ilk” is essentially the “c” word of political discourse.
Nowadays, when posters use it, they are pissed. I mean REALLY pissed. Disgusted, angry, ….basically the language fails to properly convey the intensity of feeling, and “ilk” just sounds so dirty, grimy, and gross. The posters appear to be gaining venting benefit just in its use as well.
I’ve used it before, but having observed this word which was once reserved for those with a robust vocabulary now make it’s’ way to the hoi polloi and even down to West Lafayette, I will try to avoid it (other than for needling purposes).
Replies to: Got ilk?
Untrue. I’ve used the term when debating you and I was hardly pissed…
In fact, I’ve never been truly pissed by anyone on this board. I have been annoyed, but never pissed.
For you, hardly pissed is DefCon4 for most people. Must be all that CA traffic.
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Good point. It’s definitely not good to get on my “hardly pissed” side. CA traffic?…
A small price to pay to live in paradise.
No, it would have been 100% pasteurized ilk had I not diffused the situation w my considerable charm
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Precisely what I expected someone of your ilk to say…
The cow is of the bovine ilk;
One end is moo, the other milk.
- Ogden Nash
“Ilk” is a word used to describe a group you’re associated with. Why is that you’re offended …
with the uses of the word?
Probably because I am a lifelong liberal and am tired of being treated as if I’m Republican.
Just because I can’t stand Biden, Hilary, Obama, Kerry, Gore, Clinton, Dukakis, Mondale, or Carter.
I am completely misunderstood, and hate being pigeonholed wrongly.
Yeah, and I’m actually a Trump lemming.
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