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more fun if you have to think a moment
Fun is not the point of effective communcation.
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> Fun is not the point of effective communcation.
sheesh, Fong, you sound like an ole skool ma'm! and as a matter of record I completely disagree with your assumption - play is at the heart of most human communication, imho, and humour is one of the most potent weapons of the language kit. Ask any advertiser.
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If "fun is not the point of effective communication" then how come 17% of all the posts on this Board are posted under "wordplay and fun"?
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>>effective
Wow!
Even if fun isn't itself the desired effect, surely it is often serves potently to produce some other one.
As to the word in question, if fun wasn't at least part of the author's point, well, then I just don't know what the point was at all.
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>>tantricalizing
I think of customers locked in a meringue ecstatic, oblivious to the gathering storms around them: waitstaff lousy to get home already
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Fun is not the point of effective communcation.
Surely it sometimes is! And effective communication can be the point of fun.
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"Foodgasm" suggests an image of sudden projectile vomiting coming on the heels of violent gastrointestinal paroxysms. That is the picture it brought to my mind. I finally figured out why this is: my mind dismisses the g, and jumps to spasm, thus: food spasm. 
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A) I did not mean to suggest that fun could not be a part of language use. I was reacting to the suggestion that its interference with effective communication could be a desirable trait in and of itself. As to the popularity of Wordplay and Fun as a forum, I think you'll find the meaning/post ratio is the lowest on the board. The links of acronym expansion, e.g. "Toil," are certainly fun, but not much else. Likewise, the games of Hogwash®.
2) Regarding 'food spasm': That's exactly why the g is necessary. If you slip past the g and misread the meaning don't be complaining about its inclusion.
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>>the suggestion that its interference with effective communication was desireable<<
A) I never suggested that, and any such inference was completely outside my intended meaning.
B) Again, depending what and how one is trying to communicate, a little wit can say more in less space and provoke more related and interesting thoughts, than dry statement or words of new and obvious coinage. Although, the latter do seem, at least, to have the advantage of being memorable -- and, granted, sometimes funny in a camp or bawdy way.
C) Fun is not the opposite of serious.
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