Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[billd91]

Hmmm... I believe those are using given forenames, not surnames. "Negative Nancy" emerged in the 80s after developing from "Negative Nellie." Similar terms: Debbie Downer (the short form "Debbie" is only used as a forename); Doubting Thomas (while Thomas is frequently a surname, this derives from the Apostle Thomas, a forename); Chatty Cathy (the short form "Cathy" is only used as a forename); Plain Jane (again, while Jane is sometimes used as a surname, many believe it derives from British novelist Compton Mackenzie's dismisal of Jane Eyre, where it is a forename); Simple Simon (in this case, Simon is a forename, in fact the only name given for the character in the 18th-century chapbook Simple Simon's Misfortunes and his Wife Margery's Cruelty); and so on. They're based on "given" names so they can be "given" to anyone!

I think someone's being a Pedantic Peter.

 

[RealAlHazred]

I think someone's being a Pedantic Peter.

I'm just your Average Joe! Just an Even Steven gettin' along, all Bob's Yer Uncle!

 

[el-remmen]

Hmmm... I believe those are using given forenames, not surnames. "Negative Nancy" emerged in the 80s after developing from "Negative Nellie." Similar terms: Debbie Downer (the short form "Debbie" is only used as a forename); Doubting Thomas (while Thomas is frequently a surname, this derives from the Apostle Thomas, a forename); Chatty Cathy (the short form "Cathy" is only used as a forename); Plain Jane (again, while Jane is sometimes used as a surname, many believe it derives from British novelist Compton Mackenzie's dismisal of Jane Eyre, where it is a forename); Simple Simon (in this case, Simon is a forename, in fact the only name given for the character in the 18th-century chapbook Simple Simon's Misfortunes and his Wife Margery's Cruelty); and so on. They're based on "given" names so they can be "given" to anyone!

Well if it isn't Pedantic Peter. . . .

 

[el-remmen]

I think someone's being a Pedantic Peter.

Aw damn! I responded before I saw this. I'm a real Repetitious Robert.

 

[billd91]

Aw damn! I responded before I saw this. I'm a real Repetitious Robert.

I'm just amused we both went with Peter to go with pedantic.

 

[Willie the Duck]

I think someone's being a Pedantic Peter.

Excuse me sir, the inspiring 'Peter' for that was Polish. Technically it should be Pedantic Piotr.

 

[el-remmen]

I'm just amused we both went with Peter to go with pedantic.

How to say someone is being a without saying it.

 

[Gradine]

I can’t underscore how much I dislike RP1, both the writing and its popularity alongside so many other worthy books.

I used to be a big fan of Ernest Cline; I also used to be an insufferable twit. These two facts are inherently related

 

[Gradine]

Oh, and because I forgot, happy belated Trans Visibility Day to all my trans and gender diverse sisters, brothers, everyone in-between, and my siblings off the scale entirely!

I do hope that you all were careful on the one day of the year we get Disadvantage on all Stealth checks!

 

[trappedslider]

I used to be a big fan of Ernest Cline; I also used to be an insufferable twit. These two facts are inherently related

That’s how I feel about Cory Doctorow