Since the launch of Ruminations.com in August 2008, the community of ruminators (the RumiNATION) has created a whole new vernacular to describe activity on the site. Here are some of the more popular slang terms:
Gourmet
A term popularized in September 1998 to mean "awesome." It first appeared in Ruminations #52 and readers began to adopt the term shortly thereafter. When Ruminations.com launched, "gourmet points" were created as the voting system, and the rest is history.
Baconkissed
Popularized by ruminator Uecker. It is now used as the equivalent to giving a gourmet point to a comment. So if you like someone's comment, hit reply, and write "baconkissed" to give them props. Other variations include "Bkissed" or just "BK."
Rumidating
When two ruminators meet on the site and subsequently hook up. Yes, it's happened several times. In fact, ruminators kristin and diggity got engaged in December 2010 after meeting on the site two years earlier!
Newminator
An amalgam of "new" and "ruminator," it is used to describe the most recent members of the site.
Truminator
Coined by ruminator deebs0527. An amalgam of "true" and "ruminator," it is used to describe veteran members of the site. One of the duties of the truminators is to help newminators get acclimated to workings of the site.
Minus Whale
Popularized by ruminator jcn175. Soon adopted by ruminators who jokingly use it in place of "might as well."
Sarcasm Font
In response to demand from ruminators who needed a way to signify they were being sarcastic in their comments, ruminator webMDoody popularized putting percentage signs around the terms that are meant to be sarcastic. For example, a comment could read: This rumination is hilarious and must make you %very popular with the ladies%. Note: sarcasm font is only to be used in the comments section and not in ruminations themselves.
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