This is, of course, insulting to anybody

FrodoFriend · 01-15-2002, 12:13 AM

TOMNODDY!!!!! AH HA HA HA!!!

Seriously though . . . can anyone explain to me what Attercop and Tomnoddy actually mean ? Why is Attercop especially insulting to spiders? And why would "anyone" be insulted at being called Tomnoddy?

Michael Martinez · 01-15-2002, 12:21 AM

According to Douglas Anderson in The Annotated Hobbit:

"Attercop is from Middle English atter-cop(pe), itself from Old English at(t)or-coppa, 'spider' -- it means, literally, 'poison head'."

"The Oxford English Dictionary defines Tomnoddy as 'a foolish or stupid person'."

FrodoFriend · 01-15-2002, 12:28 AM

LOL, thanks, that's interesting information. A spider, insulted at being called a spider? How odd.

Starr Polish · 01-15-2002, 12:29 AM

Oooh, I have a new insult for those ignorant jocks at my school who find it so fun to make fun of me for various reasons, or just be stupid and talk through class.

Shut up, you Tomnoddy!

Lightice · 01-15-2002, 09:51 AM

I guess, that that "Attercop", is something alike with calling dragon "a worm". True, in one sence, but not too admirable.

eowyn144 · 02-27-2002, 03:28 PM

is nittercop an insult as well? i'm sure i've heard somebody use that before.

Glorious Glorfindel · 03-02-2002, 12:08 PM

isn't that wot sams gaffer used 2 call him? as well as ninnyhammer!
i like that one!!!!

StrawberryIcecream · 03-02-2002, 04:45 PM

And Neekerbeeker!

And for some of my friends, being called Arwen is the ultimate insult.

Glorious Glorfindel · 03-03-2002, 07:41 AM

well yes, i would have 2 agree with u there Strawberry, especially as u were the one who called me Arwen in the first place
AND sent me an arwen e-card

Arathorn · 03-04-2002, 10:43 AM

wow. this thread is funny, people tradin insults calling each other the funniest names.

TinuvielChild · 03-10-2002, 11:15 PM

ninnyhammer!
neekerbeeker!
tomnoddy!
attercop!
and there's one more that i love and can't remember right now!!! rrrrgh!!!

FrodoFriend · 03-11-2002, 12:12 AM

Numbskull! Although I've always preferred "nimrod."

Ararax · 03-11-2002, 12:53 AM

all i know is ive been called worse

TinuvielChild · 03-11-2002, 04:12 PM

i just remembered the other one!!

dwimmerlaik!!

StrawberryIcecream · 03-16-2002, 06:47 AM

Your all forgetting Arwen if the person your insulting is female and Legolas if they male (I think all male's think legolas is gay!)

Ñólendil · 03-18-2002, 11:54 PM

So that's what Tomnoddy means! I have to get that Annotated Hobbit.

Arathorn · 03-19-2002, 12:42 AM

I think I watched somewhere, either on Ripley's BION or on Discovery channel, that there was a real guy who was a jester/counselor once named Tom Fool who was pretty much like Grima and who plotted to take power.
Can anyone give any specifics on his story?

samwiselvr2008 · 08-01-2002, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Starr Polish
Oooh, I have a new insult for those ignorant jocks at my school who find it so fun to make fun of me for various reasons, or just be stupid and talk through class.

Shut up, you Tomnoddy!

hehe, i'll use that to, but i am in middle school and jocks are in the high school (not in middle right? i don't paye atention to things like that), so i'll use it on anyone that makes fun of me!!! *evil grin*

Faramir · 08-01-2002, 11:00 PM

Lummox!
Addlebrain!
Buttchunk!
Knuckle-Head!
Heeheehee!

katya · 08-13-2002, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by FrodoFriend
Numbskull! Although I've always preferred "nimrod."

nimrod means great hunter i think or something like that. although i do like it as an insult (and as a green day cd)

01-15-2002, 12:13 AM	#1
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	This is, of course, insulting to anybody TOMNODDY!!!!! AH HA HA HA!!! Seriously though . . . can anyone explain to me what Attercop and Tomnoddy actually mean ? Why is Attercop especially insulting to spiders? And why would "anyone" be insulted at being called Tomnoddy? __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

01-15-2002, 12:21 AM	#2
Michael Martinez Elven Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2000 Posts: 892	According to Douglas Anderson in The Annotated Hobbit: "Attercop is from Middle English atter-cop(pe), itself from Old English at(t)or-coppa, 'spider' -- it means, literally, 'poison head'." "The Oxford English Dictionary defines Tomnoddy as 'a foolish or stupid person'." __________________ http://www.xenite.org/faqs/lotr_movie/ http://www.michael-martinez.com/ http://www.merp.com/essays/MichaelMartinez/ Last edited by Michael Martinez : 08-01-2002 at 09:55 PM.

01-15-2002, 12:28 AM	#3
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	LOL, thanks, that's interesting information. A spider, insulted at being called a spider? How odd. __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

02-27-2002, 03:28 PM	#6
eowyn144 Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 435	is nittercop an insult as well? i'm sure i've heard somebody use that before. __________________ If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe

03-02-2002, 12:08 PM	#7
Glorious Glorfindel Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: im too doped up to remember Posts: 371	isn't that wot sams gaffer used 2 call him? as well as ninnyhammer! i like that one!!!! __________________ A Elbereth Gilthonial Silivren penna miriel o menal aglar elenath Na-chaered palan-diriel o galadhremmin ennorath Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, si nef aearon! add a drop of lavander to milk. leave town with an orange and pretend you're laughing at it.

01-15-2002, 12:29 AM	#4
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Oooh, I have a new insult for those ignorant jocks at my school who find it so fun to make fun of me for various reasons, or just be stupid and talk through class. Shut up, you Tomnoddy!

01-15-2002, 09:51 AM	#5
Lightice Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 192	I guess, that that "Attercop", is something alike with calling dragon "a worm". True, in one sence, but not too admirable.

03-02-2002, 04:45 PM	#8
StrawberryIcecream Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: In my jeans Posts: 915	And Neekerbeeker! And for some of my friends, being called Arwen is the ultimate insult. __________________ www.foolofatook.com for all you pippin's out there.

03-03-2002, 07:41 AM	#9
Glorious Glorfindel Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: im too doped up to remember Posts: 371	well yes, i would have 2 agree with u there Strawberry, especially as u were the one who called me Arwen in the first place AND sent me an arwen e-card __________________ A Elbereth Gilthonial Silivren penna miriel o menal aglar elenath Na-chaered palan-diriel o galadhremmin ennorath Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, si nef aearon! add a drop of lavander to milk. leave town with an orange and pretend you're laughing at it.

03-04-2002, 10:43 AM	#10
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	wow. this thread is funny, people tradin insults calling each other the funniest names. __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures...

03-10-2002, 11:15 PM	#11
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	ninnyhammer! neekerbeeker! tomnoddy! attercop! and there's one more that i love and can't remember right now!!! rrrrgh!!! __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

03-11-2002, 12:12 AM	#12
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	Numbskull! Although I've always preferred "nimrod." __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

03-11-2002, 12:53 AM	#13
Ararax Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NEW JERSEY! Posts: 375	all i know is ive been called worse __________________ Woah Deep

03-11-2002, 04:12 PM	#14
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	i just remembered the other one!! dwimmerlaik!! __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

03-16-2002, 06:47 AM	#15
StrawberryIcecream Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: In my jeans Posts: 915	Your all forgetting Arwen if the person your insulting is female and Legolas if they male (I think all male's think legolas is gay!) __________________ www.foolofatook.com for all you pippin's out there.

03-18-2002, 11:54 PM	#16
Ñólendil Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: California Posts: 60,865	So that's what Tomnoddy means! I have to get that Annotated Hobbit. __________________ Falmon -- Dylan

03-19-2002, 12:42 AM	#17
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	I think I watched somewhere, either on Ripley's BION or on Discovery channel, that there was a real guy who was a jester/counselor once named Tom Fool who was pretty much like Grima and who plotted to take power. Can anyone give any specifics on his story? __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures...

08-01-2002, 11:00 PM	#19
Faramir Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ithilien Posts: 353	Lummox! Addlebrain! Buttchunk! Knuckle-Head! Heeheehee! __________________ This is the Window of the Sunset, Henneth Annun, fairest of all the falls of Ithilien, land of many fountains."-Faramir, Chapter IV, The Two Towers ========================== FRODO LIVES!!! ========================== YODA IS DA MAN!!! ========================== I Love Jesus!

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