words that don't exist on the internet
This is something by which I've recently become intrigued: phrases - not random groupings of words, but phrases that have some sense to them and, preferably, that exist together already in the world - that do not exist on the internet.
The other day [T] was showing us a sample exam for one of his classes, and there was a question on it that involved discussing a quotation about the legislation of gay/lesbian rights, and I was trying to figure out if the quotation was taken from somewhere or just made up by the professor, so I started googling around with it...
and I discovered that the phrase: "constitutionalizing the closet" does not exist on the internet.
Nor does: "abraham the very first jew god wants to have a talk with you" (From the lyrics of a Jewish kids' song; for some reason I remember the first two verses but have been trying to figure out all week if there are more - if you, unlike google, happen to recognize that line, please tell me!)
Nor does: "queer reading of paradise lost" ([T] was wondering last night if there were any...)
Nor does: "black rock-and-roll chick" (Which might be the strangest of all, especially given that [C] saw this phrase on a t-shirt sold at this band's concert, and also, I mean, wtf? how can not one person anywhere, anywhere in all of cyberspace - or all of it at least that google can catch - not have put those words together? And yes, I've tried every possible spelling of "rock-and-roll".)
So, I'm starting a collection. If you come across one let me know - the rule is that you can't just sit around thinking of combinations of words that might not exist, you have to discover it organically. Also it has to be spelled correctly.
Also I guess that as soon as I publish this post, these phrases will exist on the internet! yay!
The other day [T] was showing us a sample exam for one of his classes, and there was a question on it that involved discussing a quotation about the legislation of gay/lesbian rights, and I was trying to figure out if the quotation was taken from somewhere or just made up by the professor, so I started googling around with it...
and I discovered that the phrase: "constitutionalizing the closet" does not exist on the internet.
Nor does: "abraham the very first jew god wants to have a talk with you" (From the lyrics of a Jewish kids' song; for some reason I remember the first two verses but have been trying to figure out all week if there are more - if you, unlike google, happen to recognize that line, please tell me!)
Nor does: "queer reading of paradise lost" ([T] was wondering last night if there were any...)
Nor does: "black rock-and-roll chick" (Which might be the strangest of all, especially given that [C] saw this phrase on a t-shirt sold at this band's concert, and also, I mean, wtf? how can not one person anywhere, anywhere in all of cyberspace - or all of it at least that google can catch - not have put those words together? And yes, I've tried every possible spelling of "rock-and-roll".)
So, I'm starting a collection. If you come across one let me know - the rule is that you can't just sit around thinking of combinations of words that might not exist, you have to discover it organically. Also it has to be spelled correctly.
Also I guess that as soon as I publish this post, these phrases will exist on the internet! yay!


2 Comments:
You would probably like GoogleWhacking.
http://googlewhacking.com/
this may be of interest: http://rareerotica.blogspot.com/
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