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Okay, I give up!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:06 pm
by Winnamill
What IS "nihil obstat"? I can usually figure most of the abbreviations, etc. out, but this one has me undone. Can someone please enlighten me?
Thanks!
Re: Okay, I give up!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:08 pm
by littlebeast13
Winnamill wrote:What IS "nihil obstat"? I can usually figure most of the abbreviations, etc. out, but this one has me undone. Can someone please enlighten me?
Thanks!
From the archive........
LB's Notebook wrote:TUB Post #81411
Author: BBTranscriptTeam
Time: 4:38 PM PDT - Monday September 13, 2004
Subject: Transcript 09/13/04 Josette D'Ambrosi
Josette D'Ambrosi
Brooklyn, NY
$100 A person who is going to sleep is said to be "hitting the" what?
A. Grass
B. Hay
C. Sand
D. Prescription painkillers
$200 In 1882, Charles Dow and Edward Jones teamed up to found a company
specializing in what?
A. Bookbinding
B. Pharmaceuticals
C. Financial reporting
D. Furniture making
Horn
Josette will return for tomorrow's show.
Answers:
$100 B. Hay
$200 C. Financial reporting
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Post #81734
Author: earendel100
Time: 4:21 AM PDT - Tuesday September 14, 2004
Subject: Re: Transcript 09/13/04 Josette D'Ambrosi
Nihil obstat.
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Post #81771
Author: christie1111
Time: 5:23 AM
Subject: Re: Transcript 09/13/04 Josette D'Ambrosi
<<Nihil obstat.>>
Translation please.
Just in case I get a call soon.
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Post #81775
Author: earendel100
Time: 5:36 AM
Subject: Re: Transcript 09/13/04 Josette D'Ambrosi
Literally it stands for "nothing obstructs". It's a phrase used by the Roman
Catholic Church to show that there's nothing in a particular book that would
challenge the doctrines/dogmas of the church. It's often found in theological
works and is a sort of "stamp of approval".
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Post #92967
Author: MarleysGh0st
Time: 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: Transcript 09/14/04 Adam Lowenberg
<<Adam Lowenberg
Livingston, NJ>>
Third in a row within commuting distance of the studio.
And he's a Marketing VP in the music industry! Well, it's certainly nice to
know that the contestants aren't all actors and models this season!
As ear said earlier today, Nihil Obstat.
lb13
Re: Okay, I give up!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:11 pm
by MarleysGh0st
Winnamill wrote:What IS "nihil obstat"? I can usually figure most of the abbreviations, etc. out, but this one has me undone. Can someone please enlighten me?
Thanks!
It's a phrase meaning "nothing hinders" that the Catholic Church uses as a first step in issuing an Imprimatur.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihil_obstat
Earendel introduced it as an elegant short-cut expression in transcript threads for "I knew the answers to all these questions without needing a lifeline."
The phrase has had its critics.
Re: Okay, I give up!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:19 pm
by clem21
MarleysGh0st wrote:Winnamill wrote:What IS "nihil obstat"? I can usually figure most of the abbreviations, etc. out, but this one has me undone. Can someone please enlighten me?
Thanks!
The phrase has had its critics.
Possibly because it could be construed as an unnecessary showing-off of one's great intellect and an egotistical expression of superiority that no one is particularly interested in, possibly because it only solidifies the poster's classification as having an enormously swelled head.
Otherwise known as something I might say.
I'm just theorizing here...
Re: Okay, I give up!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:21 pm
by earendel
clem21 wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote:Winnamill wrote:What IS "nihil obstat"? I can usually figure most of the abbreviations, etc. out, but this one has me undone. Can someone please enlighten me?
Thanks!
The phrase has had its critics.
Possibly because it could be construed as an unnecessary showing-off of one's great intellect and an egotistical expression of superiority that no one is particularly interested in, possibly because it only solidifies the poster's classification as having an enormously swelled head.
Otherwise known as something I might say.
I'm just theorizing here...
That is precisely the reason why it was criticized. It was not intended as such - it was a shorthand as Marley indicated. But I can see where it could be construed as a display of intellectual arrogance.
Re: Okay, I give up!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:35 pm
by sunflower
clem21 wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote:Winnamill wrote:What IS "nihil obstat"? I can usually figure most of the abbreviations, etc. out, but this one has me undone. Can someone please enlighten me?
Thanks!
The phrase has had its critics.
Possibly because it could be construed as an unnecessary showing-off of one's great intellect and an egotistical expression of superiority that no one is particularly interested in, possibly because it only solidifies the poster's classification as having an enormously swelled head.
Otherwise known as something I might say.
I'm just theorizing here...
Yes, I am not a fan. Everyone is all "nihil obstat" and it's easy to say sitting at home, watching on tv or reading a transcript....to me, it's just as insulting as when everyone on syndie bam is made out to be a bumbling idiot who was chosen simply because they couldn't possibly get to a million, thereby saving the show lots of money...
Re: Okay, I give up!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:44 pm
by peacock2121
clem21 wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote:Winnamill wrote:What IS "nihil obstat"? I can usually figure most of the abbreviations, etc. out, but this one has me undone. Can someone please enlighten me?
Thanks!
The phrase has had its critics.
Possibly because it could be construed as an unnecessary showing-off of one's great intellect and an egotistical expression of superiority that no one is particularly interested in, possibly because it only solidifies the poster's classification as having an enormously swelled head.
Otherwise known as something I might say.
I'm just theorizing here...
and speculating
I'm just sayin'.
Re: Okay, I give up!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:46 pm
by peacock2121
sunflower wrote:clem21 wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote:
The phrase has had its critics.
Possibly because it could be construed as an unnecessary showing-off of one's great intellect and an egotistical expression of superiority that no one is particularly interested in, possibly because it only solidifies the poster's classification as having an enormously swelled head.
Otherwise known as something I might say.
I'm just theorizing here...
Yes, I am not a fan. Everyone is all "nihil obstat" and it's easy to say sitting at home, watching on tv or reading a transcript....to me, it's just as insulting as when everyone on syndie bam is made out to be a bumbling idiot who was chosen simply because they couldn't possibly get to a million, thereby saving the show lots of money...
Ding, ding, ding!
I knew that one was coming. I didn't see it coming in this thread, but hot damn, I saw it coming.
Now, go stick it to weyouns in the other thread about the phone game coming back.
Do it!
Double dare ya!
Re: Okay, I give up!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:24 pm
by earendel
sunflower wrote:clem21 wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote:
The phrase has had its critics.
Possibly because it could be construed as an unnecessary showing-off of one's great intellect and an egotistical expression of superiority that no one is particularly interested in, possibly because it only solidifies the poster's classification as having an enormously swelled head.
Otherwise known as something I might say.
I'm just theorizing here...
Yes, I am not a fan. Everyone is all "nihil obstat" and it's easy to say sitting at home, watching on tv or reading a transcript....to me, it's just as insulting as when everyone on syndie bam is made out to be a bumbling idiot who was chosen simply because they couldn't possibly get to a million, thereby saving the show lots of money...
Feel free to blame me for the introduction of this phrase. As noted in a previous post it was not my intention to sound arrogantly intellectual. Nor would I ever insult anyone from CindyBAM as being a "bumbling idiot who was chosen simply because they couldn't possibly get to a million". Having been on the show I know what the Hot Seat can do to a person's brain (especially when TDC® is factored in).
Re: Okay, I give up!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:13 pm
by a1mamacat
peacock2121 wrote:sunflower wrote:clem21 wrote:
Possibly because it could be construed as an unnecessary showing-off of one's great intellect and an egotistical expression of superiority that no one is particularly interested in, possibly because it only solidifies the poster's classification as having an enormously swelled head.
Otherwise known as something I might say.
I'm just theorizing here...
Yes, I am not a fan. Everyone is all "nihil obstat" and it's easy to say sitting at home, watching on tv or reading a transcript....to me, it's just as insulting as when everyone on syndie bam is made out to be a bumbling idiot who was chosen simply because they couldn't possibly get to a million, thereby saving the show lots of money...
Ding, ding, ding!
I knew that one was coming. I didn't see it coming in this thread, but hot damn, I saw it coming.
Now, go stick it to weyouns in the other thread about the phone game coming back.
Do it!
Double dare ya!
you got the popcorn?????