Thanks, Max. Actually that nous bit was my final amendment. 'lack of nous' seemed too plodding I thought and lack of understanding/intelligence didn't quite hone in enough.
Bill
> On 2 Sep 2015, at 7:56 am, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Yeah, Bill.
>
> You have a feel for such idioms.
>
> (The one line I stumble over is
>
> nous lack
>
> maybe cause you force the noun to be an adjective…
>
> Max
>
>> On Sep 1, 2015, at 14:44, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> In the lexicon of insults,
>> somewhere between
>> a klutz and a dipshit?
>>
>> Usually preceded
>> by the adjective 'stupid',
>> ignorance is implicit.
>>
>> But a particular sort
>> of twittery earns
>> gittishness, not merely
>>
>> unawareness; rather
>> a deep and obvious
>> nous lack.
>>
>> Your standard git
>> announces himself
>> (females are unaccountably
>>
>> excluded from githood)
>> by doing something
>> no non-git would be
>>
>> caught dead doing
>> or by failing to do what
>> sensibles manage unthinkably.
>>
>> If not born a git,
>> beware: you might yet
>> make a git of yourself.
>>
>> bw
>>
>> Thanks L, for providing the impetus here.
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