[Shivan Hunter]

Good god people.

One simple wrong word, called out humorously by a few people, managed to escalate to a massive semantics argument about multi-meaning words along with a disproportionate amount of butthurt. "Homely" generally means "ugly", and the other definitions are rarely used. The original statement "HLP feels homely" is technically correct, but there are better words to use that aren't weighed down by other definitions. This is the point that Battuta was originally making. Those who are relentlessly defending the more obscure definitions should find something else to obsess about.

IMO the semantics debate should be split out, since it's about as useful as the *pcx image format.

[CommanderDJ]

I had no idea of the monster I had created. But let's just let it die now. The intention was to state that HLP feels like a sort of home, but the word "homely" means something else, and so I (unintentionally, not aware of its true definition) used it incorrectly. Let's just leave it at that. Moving on.

[Dilmah G]

I had no idea of the monster I had created. But let's just let it die now. The intention was to state that HLP feels like a sort of home, but the word "homely" means something else, and so I (unintentionally, not aware of its true definition) used it incorrectly. Let's just leave it at that. Moving on.

I agree with this.

"Homely" generally means "ugly", and the other definitions are rarely used.

I disagree. Down my end of the woods (IIRC, CommanderDJ is also from the same country), we never use 'homely' to mean that. The same way we wear our thongs on our feet whilst you American women wear them under your skirts.

[SpardaSon21]

Only on HLP can a thread with no actual topic devolve into an on-topic argument about semantics.

[Dilmah G]

Well, I just wanted to clarify that that statement didn't apply to people who live down the ass-end of the world.

[Klaustrophobia]

i've never heard it used that way either.

[General Battuta]

As the obvious intellectual overlord of this thread and the next step in human evolution, I'm not responsible for your limited vocabularies.

[watsisname]

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[General Battuta]

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recommended daily allowance of poeslaw

also the truest thing in the thread was spoken here:

Well, in any case, I definitely don't think you're ugly. You're probably some sort of sexual stallion who lures women to his chamber every night. They never resist.