#jackwagon

[thewildyonder]

Banned from the outside world,

Look at what he has been reduced to to even get close to the succulent flesh he once took for granted!

[xxladiesman217xx]

2 new challengers enter the arena…

Go forth and conquer my noble steeds

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[commiepinkofag]

The TwitX site is dead, so I thought I'd put this here:

Panos Mourdoukoutas @PMourdoukoutas:

Amazon Should Replace Local Libraries to Save Taxpayers Money via @forbes forbes.com/sites/panosmou…

The Angriest Librarian Again @HalpernAlex:

Are you out of your fucking mind ? I have already fuckin had to do this once and I honestly don't have the goddamn time to do it again you elitist, out of touch jackwagon. Take your privatize everything bullshit and shove it up your trickle down ass. We are out here just trying to survive, we are out here trying to provide what services we can to the people who need them and you want to take that little bit of public space left and give it to motherfucking amazon so you can save three bucks a month? Fuck you, fuck your libertarian bullshit ideals, fuck Amazon and their fucking indentured servitude labor practices, and fuck anyone who wants to take away the last remaining vestiges of community space. Fuck you. Every time one of you asshole elitist snobby motherfuckers thinks a good way to save two bucks a month and stick it to poor people is to close libraries, I will be here to tell you to go fuck yourselves. And please consider this a giant fuck you from the library community at large, most of whom cannot tweet like this for risk of their jobs, whereas you can tweet that you'd like them all unemployed and you'll probably get a raise. So on behalf of librarians everywhere, fuck you.

[vsogunchannel]

Literally, on a video where I discuss making a post sample machinegun to augment testing. As in I have done it, someone who hasn’t is giving me a lecture on how easy it is. #jackwagon #thatguy #reallytho #seriously #peopleofwalmart #fullauto #😔 #shootingday https://www.instagram.com/p/B6PkQSJp8cv/?igshid=qfsf0wacimus

[ariadne-mouse]

So, @she-is-the-doctor was commenting to me that Flash fanon hasn’t really plumbed the depths of potential for more Earth-2 Harry Wells curse words in the style of “jackwagon.” Her contribution to this fanon void was “buttmuffin”, and I have to say thanks, you buttmuffin, you sent me down a rabbit hole of research with a dozen tabs open about swearwords and etymology because you’re so right and we absolutely need more Harryisms.  So in that spirit, here’s an unnecessarily detailed brainstorm:

The word “jack” comes from the medieval English word “jakke” meaning a few different things, but one of them is “a term of familiarity or contempt”.  So if we use “jackwagon” as the template, one way to break it down is:

1.  "vaguely rude word" + "unrelated object”  

That recipe can be used to produce things like:

assbucket, snotwrench, whackbasket, jerkshovel, twitbiscuit, wonktrolley

Another thing to consider is long-distance vowel harmony between the two halves of the compound word, such as appears in the original “jackwagon” and a few of the above examples, as well as she-is-the-doctor’s “buttmuffin”.  The symmetry makes it roll off the tongue.

2.  You could also interpret “jackwagon” as the toning down of a familiar swear word where the rudest part is replaced with something mild and unrelated.  Maybe E2 is prudish about their cursing!

“jackass” >> “jackwagon”

This only works with compound words and phrases, but with that recipe we can get things like the following:

clusterfungus, son of a breacher, nitbrain, bullwhack, brickhead, lamplicker

(I think I recall Cisco using “son of a breacher” in one episode)

3. Lastly, we could just throw random words into Harry’s vocabulary that appear as ridiculously as the “wagon” part of “jackwagon”.  Because, hey, anything can be an insult if you say it in the right tone.

“Look, you uneducated spoon--!”

“Now see here, you potted plant--!”

“I care about you too, you elbow.” 

Mileage may vary on all of these, of course, but I just wanted to throw a bunch of things out there!  

Add to the list - what other dumb Earth-2 swear words do you think could be in Harry’s vocabulary?

[thewildyonder]

I fixed the broken window he kept escaping through and he's been pouting and following me around whining all morning.

You're better alive Jack.

[thewildyonder]

Jack's going to the vet today. He's had a cough and it seems to be happening more often. I don't know if he can get what we have or vice versa but I know that coughs can indicate some serious things in cats. Positive thoughts! Hopefully it's just hair, his paper eating, or a cold.

*He loves messing up this rug. I've considered taping it down 😂*

[thewildyonder]