[CommanderDJ]

Been playing Halo: Reach, and slowly but surely working on my mini-campaign. Hope to have it finished/very close to finished before the start of next term(ie two weeks time).

I really love HLP. It's a nice little community. Feels so homely here.

[General Battuta]

I really love HLP. It's a nice little community. Feels so homely here.

you think i'm ugly 

[Shivan Hunter]

Feels so homely here.

Homely = ugly.
Homey = like home. (yes, it's also a bro term. Context is usually enough to set those two apart, however.)

Also, texturing is going slooooooooowly, and I have 3 tests next week. Frakkity frak.

[Scotty]

Feels so homely here.

<snip>

Homely = ugly.
Homey = like home. (yes, it's also a bro term. Context is usually enough to set those two apart, however.)

Homely
1: suggestive or characteristic of a home
2: being something familiar with which one is at home <satisfy themselves with houses, furniture, books and clothes that were worn and homely and friendly to the touch — Brendan Gill>
3a : unaffectedly natural : simple
3b : not elaborate or complex <homely virtues>
4: plain or unattractive in appearance

All of the above.

[Shivan Hunter]

Bob-san: and since I absolutely loathe words with several completely unrelated meanings I just go with the first one, since it's the most common. As evidenced by Batoota's replies.

[CommanderDJ]

but you said it felt homely here 

I fail to see the correlation between that and thinking you're ugly. Lol.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I fail to see it too.

[General Battuta]

but you said it felt homely here 

I fail to see the correlation between that and thinking you're ugly. Lol.

I fail to see it too.

You guys had it defined for you and everything. 'Homely' means 'plain' or 'ugly'.

[CommanderDJ]

You guys had it defined for you and everything. 'Homely' means 'plain' or 'ugly'.

IT DOES????

My mind was blown. That is totally not what I expected. Well, that's what I get for using a word before looking it up.

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.

[Bob-san]

You guys had it defined for you and everything. 'Homely' means 'plain' or 'ugly'.

IT DOES????

My mind was blown. That is totally not what I expected. Well, that's what I get for using a word before looking it up.

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.

Homely can mean plain or unattractive, but it's hardly the first listed definition. If I were to think of "home", it'd be in my own design and thus, to my eye, would be attractive (in function and perhaps form).


Anyways, this is like the 6th time I've drank a reasonable amount and not been hungover.

[StarSlayer]

Except that is is the first definition.  In fact I've always heard it used to describe someone who was unattractive.

[General Battuta]

You guys had it defined for you and everything. 'Homely' means 'plain' or 'ugly'.

IT DOES????

My mind was blown. That is totally not what I expected. Well, that's what I get for using a word before looking it up.

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.

Homely can mean plain or unattractive, but it's hardly the first listed definition. If I were to think of "home", it'd be in my own design and thus, to my eye, would be attractive (in function and perhaps form).

And 'sexual intercourse' is hardly the first listed definition of 'screw'!

So do you have a sense of humor? Where is it? Did you leave it somewhere?

[SpardaSon21]

He doesn't have one.  The Internet is serious business after all.

[Bob-san]

You guys had it defined for you and everything. 'Homely' means 'plain' or 'ugly'.

IT DOES????

My mind was blown. That is totally not what I expected. Well, that's what I get for using a word before looking it up.

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.

Homely can mean plain or unattractive, but it's hardly the first listed definition. If I were to think of "home", it'd be in my own design and thus, to my eye, would be attractive (in function and perhaps form).

And 'sexual intercourse' is hardly the first listed definition of 'screw'!

So do you have a sense of humor? Where is it? Did you leave it somewhere?

Except that, depending on the source, the order of definitions vary.

As for my sense of humor...

[General Battuta]

You guys had it defined for you and everything. 'Homely' means 'plain' or 'ugly'.

IT DOES????

My mind was blown. That is totally not what I expected. Well, that's what I get for using a word before looking it up.

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.

Homely can mean plain or unattractive, but it's hardly the first listed definition. If I were to think of "home", it'd be in my own design and thus, to my eye, would be attractive (in function and perhaps form).

And 'sexual intercourse' is hardly the first listed definition of 'screw'!

So do you have a sense of humor? Where is it? Did you leave it somewhere?

Except that, depending on the source, the order of definitions vary.

As for my sense of humor...

Here, I will try to help.

* General Battuta puts on HerraTohtori hat

Humor, you see, relies on the ambiguity of language. Unintended meanings, unforeseen consequences and ill-fated actions are all funny because they create surprise and tension that we resolve through laughter!

Isn't life wonderful?

If you get hung up on the order of the definitions then I must assume you have some sort of socioneural condition. It's like watching a Lonely Island classic and declaring that the song is about putting one's extraneous belongings into a box, because the first listed definition of 'junk' is not, after all, penis.

[Bob-san]

Here, I will try to help.

* General Battuta puts on HerraTohtori hat

Humor, you see, relies on the ambiguity of language. Unintended meanings, unforeseen consequences and ill-fated actions are all funny because they create surprise and tension that we resolve through laughter!

Isn't life wonderful?

If you get hung up on the order of the definitions then I must assume you have some sort of socioneural condition. It's like watching a Lonely Island classic and declaring that the song is about putting one's extraneous belongings into a box, because the first listed definition of 'junk' is not, after all, penis.

Curious. I was unaware that one must laugh to resolve tension and surprise. I will attempt to put your advice into action next time I think I am in a surprising yet tension-filled situation. Thank you ever so much for the advice.

[Dilmah G]

Also, still talking about the homely stuff? I took his implied use to mean comfortable.

So I wasn't the only one?

[Klaustrophobia]

no, all but about 2 of us read it correctly the first time.  god knows why definitions started getting pulled out.

[General Battuta]

no, all but about 2 of us read it correctly the first time.  god knows why definitions started getting pulled out.

I can't believe the level of social fail here. Intentional misreading of an ambiguous term is often used for humor in human societies.

[Bob-san]

no, all but about 2 of us read it correctly the first time.  god knows why definitions started getting pulled out.

I can't believe the level of social fail here. Intentional misreading of an ambiguous term is often used for humor in human societies.

Thank you ever so much for the prior less. I was in a car accident and, when asked for my insurance information, I realized that the accident was surprising and the situation had become quite tense. I had "laughed" in response and thus decided that the situation was no longer tension-filled or surprising. I drove away. You changed my life, so I must thank you for introducing me to humor and especially laughing. I must remember to laugh more!