English Explanatory Dictionary

wackyparse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To misread a text to a humorous effect (perhaps deliberately), especially in line with traditional absurdist humor.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-wackyparse.wav

Word forms

wackyparse wackyparses wackyparsing wackyparsed

Etymology

From wacky + parse. Coined by James Parry in 1998. Though wackyparsing as a concept probably originated in Kibology (at alt.religion.kibology), at least as early as 1998http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&q=wackyparsing&qt_s=Search, the term has come to have wider usage, particularly on Usenet.

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