wackyparse

verb

wackyparse

verb

Etymology From wacky + parse. Coined by James Parry in 1998. Though wackyparsing as a concept probably originated in Kibology (at alt.religion.kibology), at least as early as 1998http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&q=wackyparsing&qt_s=Search, the term has come to have wider usage, particularly on Usenet.

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Internet To misread a text to a humorous effect (perhaps deliberately), especially in line with traditional absurdist humor.

  • But "Kibological slip" just doesn't do it. I would prefer a single-word term. Something like "I wackyparsed that as..." or "I incorrgrept you."1998 May 9, James Kibo Parry, “Son of Short, Shameful Confession”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet):

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