The most recent 20 comments posted to Electrolite by erik nelson:

I see a new and unfamiliar word upthread: "ObRefs"

ObRefs spelled backwards, I notice, is "sferbo."

It occurs to me that "sferbo" might be a verbal equivalent of "sgraffito". (from the Italian, same root as graffiti, graphite and maybe scratch, a technique for decorating pottery by scratching the glaze.)

So perhaps sferbo is to verbal as sgraffito is to graphic.
i. e. obsccure verbal glossing of everything, as we silly commentors have the talent for.

Favorite accidental headline from the papers I work for: Parks Commissioner Reviews Actions After Drowning

(I guess his life flashed before his eyes...)

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