cartooney
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Blend of cartoon + attorney, or a variation of cartoony.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun[edit]
cartooney (plural cartoonies or cartooneys)
- (Internet slang) An empty and comically overstated threat of legal action, or a mock legal action.
- 2004, Danny Goodman, “Rule #3: Spammers Are Stupid”, in Spam Wars: Our Last Best Chance to Defeat Spammers, Scammers, and Hackers, SelectBooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 183:
- Because we who don’t like spam need a good laugh once in a while (other than the occasional guffaws induced by cartooneys), let me share a few samples from my incoming spam cesspool.
Alternative forms[edit]
References[edit]
- A representative example of a cartooney
- A cartooney analyzed
- Definition at Spamfaq.net
- Definition in the SpamCop Dictionary
- Definition at the JargonWiki
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cartooney
- Misspelling of cartoony.