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Marketing bollocks, buzzword bingo, or your mum saying "fudge" when she really wants to swear like a trooper. Let's ride the hockey stick curve of this top hat product, solutioneers.

Thanks to simbosan for the idea

(, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:13)
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I love the alleged etymology of numpty.
A contraction of he or she being an Humpty Dumpty ie cracked.
(, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 10:31, 1 reply)
numpty's a great word
it was our special word for awkward clients when I worked in IT
(, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 11:41, closed)

It just makes me think of straight guys in their early 20s who live with their Mum and think they're wacky because they like Disney movies
(, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 12:51, closed)
Numpty is a brilliant word
It's almost onomatopoeic - you can imagine it as the noise made by them as they lollop aimlessly around.
(, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 13:18, closed)

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