I am an "ilk."

@McGentrix,

McGentrix wrote:

Ilk: Pronoun. Represents a group of items of the same type. Has a connotation of the typed group being of bad or questionable character.

Urban dictionary, that scholarly tome.

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@InfraBlue,

InfraBlue wrote:

Wait a minute. Are you being ironic?

Why do you even ask that?

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@centrox,

centrox wrote:

InfraBlue wrote:
Wait a minute. Are you being ironic?

Why do you even ask that?

Well, being Brit and all, it's difficult to tell with you people.

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@InfraBlue,

InfraBlue wrote:

centrox wrote:

InfraBlue wrote:
Wait a minute. Are you being ironic?

Why do you even ask that?

Well, being Brit and all, it's difficult to tell with you people.

I just gave a straightforward dictionary definition of what the word 'ilk' means. I had no ironic intent. But I suspect that you did, when you asked that question. Kind of double-bluff. In fact I wonder if everyone knows exactly what 'ilk' means and are just horsing around having a laugh because it's a kind of funny sounding word, and if I am the dull guy in the office who doesn't get the joke?

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@centrox,

centrox wrote:

Urban dictionary, that scholarly tome.

ptooooey on urban dictionary

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@centrox,

centrox wrote:

In fact I wonder if everyone knows exactly what 'ilk' means

Most don't know what it means, A misuse of it is a "thing" in American political discussions. Usually makes me laugh when I see people using it and totally misfiring.

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@centrox,

centrox wrote:

McGentrix wrote:
Ilk: Pronoun. Represents a group of items of the same type. Has a connotation of the typed group being of bad or questionable character.

Urban dictionary, that scholarly tome.

Actually I found this or a similar definition in the regular dictionary not urban

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@Linkat,

but in any case, we all know what he means by the use of "ilk" - so who really cares if it is a "real" word or not. This isn't like college English class or anything just some have some fun times.

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@ehBeth,

I use it often, I'm mildly acronym phobic, as it means work for me while trying to read a post or even an article. Got a better source?

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@Linkat,

That's what people of your ilk always say.

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@centrox,

centrox wrote:

So, either way a person could be of an ilk, but not be an ilk. So is it some kind of new slang?

There was a misuse of the misuse in the coconut oil thread.

EdgarB is an author. He noted the error and is making fun of it.

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@ossobucotemp,

Ilk is not an acronym. Centrox reviewed its meaning on the first page of this thread.

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@ehBeth,

ehBeth wrote:

There was a misuse of the misuse in the coconut oil thread.

EdgarB is an author. He noted the error and is making fun of it.

Is this, "and much like your ilk, you resort to insults when opposed," a misuse? Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary gives the example, "he and all his ilk".

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@ehBeth,

I know it's not an acronym, do you think I'm an idiot? I was talking about any of us using urban dictionary for any reason. I happen to find it useful.

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@roger,

I am not an ilk nor will I ever be so!

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@ossobucotemp,

Its useful so you know what your kids are talking about (and yes acronyms - I understood what you meant) - - the urban dictionary that is - not for the real meaning of a word.

I am an "ilk."

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