Wordsmith.org: the magic of words

Wordsmith Talk

About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us  

Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Page 1 of 2 1 2
#121003 01/23/2004 8:24 PM
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Subject line:

fat is known as unpretty iliad


#121004 01/23/2004 8:38 PM
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
well, I don't know jes' how poetic, but:

bestubble flung
and
gnome histochemic colloquy fiasco insecticide

and I thought there might be a double dactyl in here somewhere...
eyesight demijohn showpiece elmira jacobian



formerly known as etaoin...
#121005 01/26/2004 6:21 PM
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
gotta couple of good ones today:

bater diffractometer deductible furbish
and even better:
diehard flexure amidst incompetent aztecan





formerly known as etaoin...
#121006 01/26/2004 6:27 PM
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,475
veteran
veteran
Offline
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,475
etaoin-- You know that these texts are being generated to fool any spam filters you may have in place?


#121007 01/26/2004 6:32 PM
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
yeah, I do, jheem. I go through my SPAM box(on my webmail) to find these, though the last couple snuck through...




formerly known as etaoin...
#121008 01/27/2004 1:58 AM
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613
Okay--I now realize I need an explanation. I thought the opening post was an invitation to make stuff up. These are things actually sent via e-mail? Why, please, and what do spam filters have to do with it?


#121009 01/27/2004 10:34 AM
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Jackie, the latest SPAM rage uses random subject lines, in an effort to sneak past your spam filters. Fald found them poetic, or at least one of them. my email provider stops most of my spam at the server, so it never gets to my inbox, but I can check it online to see if I'm not missing any legitimate mail. some of the names of the "people" sending this spam are pretty interesting, too. I did have to check one that was from "Shona." sadly, it was not to be...



formerly known as etaoin...
#121010 01/27/2004 11:47 AM
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
some of the names of the "people"

If you haven't been fortunate enough to get some of these, they have names like 'Dispute K. Invalidate.'


#121011 01/27/2004 12:26 PM
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613
So, spam filters are designed to reject certain words, say maybe, 'buy', and 'offer'?


#121012 01/27/2004 12:44 PM
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 4,757
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 4,757
> 'buy', and 'offer'?

that, and 'penis enlargement'


#121013 01/27/2004 1:36 PM
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,475
veteran
veteran
Offline
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,475
That and whole phrases or a certain style. That's why Spams have been getting more poetical. They're trying to make them less like other spams.


#121014 01/27/2004 2:22 PM
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
From today's crop:

Plumbing H. Materialization

And, to slip past the filters you get words like 'pen|s'


#121015 01/27/2004 5:30 PM
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 5,400
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 5,400
or \/i@gra-- incase you have a problem with penis enlargement!

or one i just got with the word dudes, as dooods...



#121016 01/27/2004 11:57 PM
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210


formerly known as etaoin...
#121017 01/30/2004 3:58 PM
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Now Jackson is asking me to flounce platitudinous.


#121018 01/31/2004 8:05 AM
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,624
Pooh-Bah
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,624
They should hire the Vogon Constructor Fleet captain to make up their subject lines ...


#121019 01/31/2004 1:18 PM
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
are you sure they didn't?



formerly known as etaoin...
#121020 01/31/2004 2:17 PM
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,475
veteran
veteran
Offline
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,475
So, Vogons are to blame for spam! Good Ford is in his flivver.


#121021 01/31/2004 7:33 PM
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,661
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,661
...to slip past the filters you get words like pen|s...

Here's a humorous sample from todays batch:

The subject line was "breeze scathe homophobia biblical baronial"

The links were embedded in this text...
"The heealthy way to lonse foat and keep it okff."
"Best vadlue weikght lopss progxram on the intgernet!"


And if that wasn't wacky enough, it came with the following long list of words in the body which, I would think when included, would be more apt to have it filtered...

cathodic prerogative bonaventure concomitant knoweth rock prosthetic allow offhand bunt rune foliate pittston psychiatrist groom recombinant apocrypha aspirate leaven id secrete confidential bangui agatha hammerhead hanford continued assist propeller reactant gould omission pelvic delicatessen ragweed option expenditure exposure ashy rook however illicit chandelier hew ambiance curvilinear filmmake chattanooga earn goblet nsf butyl haynes ascetic aim sector clump hudson pork shuck glisten rogue buyer decorate ecology noel broadloom blackboard robertson innate helmsman roundup immune sidemen prone furry peccary circulant eastland macmillan scour initial formulaic calligraphy attainder butterfield remiss birth ehrlich prefix furrier cudgel frisky razor closeup inquisitor regressive burton czechoslovakia crusoe caliber bamboo equipoise bertram delicatessen compassion embarrass chesapeake heart halma munson blotch kent nomad horsemen loam polarography erotica algol lithograph bad malfunction dread cohesion bayda concave impish berkelium moneywort backorder forgotten coolidge cutworm leone blanchard parenthetic click meritorious horehound bernardo infelicitous countryman meaty grandstand ezekiel rakish middleweight arab pail nitrogen destinate admiral insensitive alameda minos elephantine inhibit consignor bombay fingerprint haberman admiral idolatry offensive algal ghoulish optic exogamous canadian sift hyde amateur aqueduct dogwood embedder baptistery carboxylic doolittle advantage bogy hiatt radial hobby corvette bigot heft addis economic mathematic immodesty hear alec delphi disgustful goucher fiancee harshen maniac conscript sanatoria adobe polyhymnia forgotten deviate
archery lim romulus congenital montclair julia enzyme farsighted locomotory result north minor narcissus ad foliage grainy deception imperil rundown boron lafayette alone attainder marlin beast moisten instep sistine corroborate seedling cutesy gyrfalcon dazzle churchman adiabatic disruption gibby chic gross barbital ogden balletic baggage agglomerate florid berkeley dwarves explanatory currant feeney complete delia indianapolis dorchester highlight burl cannel parallelogram ambient chantilly joshua beachcomb deliver sawmill inseminate brouhaha knack heterodyne renunciate frederick florentine declamatory mischievous delegate mayonnaise"


Not your *ordinary junk mail.

On further review, that's some potent mayonnaise!

#121022 02/01/2004 11:25 AM
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 2,636
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 2,636
I wonder how many monkeys they had working on that one?

One that came in my mailbox recently:
Sexual Phenomenona only come once in a lifetime
What, pray tell, is a Phenomenona and should we pity it?

#121023 02/05/2004 5:22 PM
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Trillionth K. Somnolent

(uh-oh, I feel a d-dactyl coming on!...)


#121024 02/05/2004 5:31 PM
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Crinkledy-Crankledy,
Trillionth K. Somnolent,
Confrere of Rumi and
Omar Khayyam,

Please, I beseech thee, Sir
Metapoetical:
"Flounce platitudinous!
Send me more spam."



#121025 02/05/2004 5:33 PM
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
kneeling in humblety something or other...

very impressive, ASp.



formerly known as etaoin...
#121026 02/05/2004 5:41 PM
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Brava!! My Lovely AnnaS!!!!

meanwhile, more grist for the mill:

burglarproof bothersome maim lisa mole neumann dugan rever cond


#121027 02/06/2004 3:15 PM
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
thanks, guys... been a while since we had one.


#121028 02/06/2004 3:26 PM
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Tameka Gilliam suggests, "homeland clinch benzedrine"


#121029 02/06/2004 4:59 PM
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Invalid P. Fortuitously wants me to 'Opeen an anoonymous bank acccount'


#121030 02/06/2004 8:09 PM
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
New game?

Why don't we post only the dactyls we get in our spam and have different folks create lovely higgledy-piggledys from them?


#121031 02/06/2004 8:58 PM
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 20
stranger
stranger
Offline
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 20
bear fokes
freeslachuswinks
cgallinttebspost4sam

luv

X


#121032 02/06/2004 9:05 PM
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Hey, Mad Dog! ¿Qué pasa? ¿Qué watchacallyer pasa?


Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Heal NailFungs in Days
---
rumania cognizable (from Conrad J. Waldron)
---
here's one that fooled me: Re: megalomania
---
this one was quite tempting: I Take on Public Challenges
(now if that had been Pubic..)


Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 20
stranger
stranger
Offline
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 20
bear falbage
thisis not a spam

luv

X


Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Now, Mad Dog. I would never think that you were spamming me. You're always welcome here.

I do think you'll want to mind your qs and ps.

Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,065
I'm sure this one could be a newspaper headline: hyena lacuna checklist marvel. (courtesy of somebody called Suzanne Austin) Could someone provide the story please?

Bingley


Bingley
#121037 02/07/2004 10:37 AM
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
dactyls

Consolidate-bills into one compact-payment



formerly known as etaoin...
#121038 02/07/2004 12:04 PM
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 20
stranger
stranger
Offline
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 20
bear flabage
mind ur oan f n qs & ps

luv

X


#121039 02/07/2004 1:08 PM
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Consolidate-bills into one compact-payment


#121040 02/10/2004 4:53 AM
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 2,379
Pooh-Bah
Pooh-Bah
Offline
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 2,379
Bingley:

According to Suzanne Austin (her account is controversial) that the black hole at the center of the galaxy Crocutta Maculata (infrequently spotted) emits energy at the frequency of common laughter was first reported by the sinking Czech frigate "Marvel."

Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 475
addict
addict
Offline
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 475
troy call fishermen state
voiceband ruthenium administratrix examine

corporeal component pyridine creedal
laughlin negotiable faulkner frost

pimple serge butyric italy
phelps rightward dolphin rendezvous

ceremonial cabot patent coco
puritanical dishwasher left ajar

acrylate counterpart serpens ankara
impinge blueprint certitude sure

wrongdoer avid keaton skillful
helium muslim chignon victoria

h davies rung infringe
pittsfield nominate brest precocity

wardroom deneb ubiquity denominate
styx onset absentia belief

cutover lanky poet
clad cranberry chartreuse dun

bidiagonal butadiene goodrich surtax
wilcox disciplinarian pyhrric appointe

excursion northward diurnal redcoat
gail tipsy accordion astronomer

indefinable jibe grapheme emphasis
guarantee deceptive sisyphus ontology

imprudent teeing toledo mutineer
kodiak oregano hydrostatic extravaganza

feminism controllable bribe toward
merck peasant torch dauphin

melamine cabbage borderline somers
boastful crandall balloon

She Does some amazing things with a banana


Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
gotta love this name: Hipper J. Vulcanizing




formerly known as etaoin...
Page 1 of 2 1 2

Moderated by  Jackie 

Link Copied to Clipboard
Disclaimer: Wordsmith.org is not responsible for views expressed on this site. Use of this forum is at your own risk and liability - you agree to hold Wordsmith.org and its associates harmless as a condition of using it.

Home | Today's Word | Yesterday's Word | Subscribe | FAQ | Archives | Search | Feedback
Wordsmith Talk | Wordsmith Chat

© 1994-2025 Wordsmith

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 8.0.0