The origin of the term "fodorite"
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The origin of the term "fodorite"
I'm wondering what forum oldsters remember about the origin of this term. I have my own belief -- but the search function doesn't "prove" it so ... anyway -- the earliest thread using it that I can find is this one from 1999:
http://www.fodors.com/forums/pgMessa...rague+fodorite
This is of particular interest to me as Fodors themselves picked up the term around the time of the infamous pins.
I lost the reference and google's system has let it sink out of sight, but the first "fodorites" were followers of some obscure Hungarian [I think?]political economist/philosopher -- whose first name eludes me ...
http://www.fodors.com/forums/pgMessa...rague+fodorite
This is of particular interest to me as Fodors themselves picked up the term around the time of the infamous pins.
I lost the reference and google's system has let it sink out of sight, but the first "fodorites" were followers of some obscure Hungarian [I think?]political economist/philosopher -- whose first name eludes me ...
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Jerry Fodors is a philosophy professor at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, a city with a history of extensive Hungarian immigration. Maybe his students call themselves "Fodorites"? Don't know about a Hungarian philosopher by that name.
Fodor is a Hungarian name. As you probably know, since you speak some Hungarian (but I don't), it's also a word in Hungarian.
fodor = (noun) frill, ruffle, flounce
fodorit = (verb) to curl up, quill or ruffle
In English, "-ite" is a suffix indicating someone who's a resident of someplace, e.g., Harlemite, or a follower of some person's beliefs, e.g., Trotskyite. (But I think everyone already knew that, so maybe I don't understand the question.)
Fodor is a Hungarian name. As you probably know, since you speak some Hungarian (but I don't), it's also a word in Hungarian.
fodor = (noun) frill, ruffle, flounce
fodorit = (verb) to curl up, quill or ruffle
In English, "-ite" is a suffix indicating someone who's a resident of someplace, e.g., Harlemite, or a follower of some person's beliefs, e.g., Trotskyite. (But I think everyone already knew that, so maybe I don't understand the question.)
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Neither did Eugene Fodor. The Fodor's publications are named after the possessive form of his name ("Fodor's" rather than "Eugene's". I don't think Internet urls can use apostrophes.
http://www.fodors.com/about/us/ftp_about_roots.cfm
http://www.fodors.com/about/us/ftp_about_roots.cfm
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Actually Fowler asked a vague question again
I am interested in the first appearance of the term "fodorite" on the forum as people remember -- Betsy -- the answer lies in who coined the phrase here, which I think I know, but I'm just curious about people's memories.
cmt -- I have heard tell to that philosopher -- in fact I suffered through a lecture by him when I was a grad student in Philaxdelphia ... but I digress
I am interested in the first appearance of the term "fodorite" on the forum as people remember -- Betsy -- the answer lies in who coined the phrase here, which I think I know, but I'm just curious about people's memories.
cmt -- I have heard tell to that philosopher -- in fact I suffered through a lecture by him when I was a grad student in Philaxdelphia ... but I digress
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And the pin some of us got way back would be "fodoriana" -- I see a whole vocabulary cottage industry starting up here
Let me come out of the shadows -- the reason I was asking for what people remembered is that MY memory [shabby as it is these days] is that I was the one who coined the word "fodorite" in reference to the website I started way back in '99 I THINK. I was just being cute -- and lo and behold that's what we are -- "fodorites"
The first picture I posted of a GTG was of the one in Paris on May 16, 1999. The 2nd counter for the website began on 3 June 1999 [I can't remember when I started the first one, but there was a previous counter.], BUT I think some of the rest of the website goes back further....
Before people come crashing down on me as to motive -- I was just wondering what other's memories were here ... although small unmarked bills ...
Let me come out of the shadows -- the reason I was asking for what people remembered is that MY memory [shabby as it is these days] is that I was the one who coined the word "fodorite" in reference to the website I started way back in '99 I THINK. I was just being cute -- and lo and behold that's what we are -- "fodorites"
The first picture I posted of a GTG was of the one in Paris on May 16, 1999. The 2nd counter for the website began on 3 June 1999 [I can't remember when I started the first one, but there was a previous counter.], BUT I think some of the rest of the website goes back further....
Before people come crashing down on me as to motive -- I was just wondering what other's memories were here ... although small unmarked bills ...
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Singletail, you're absolutely right. I didn't realize that my fingers had typed an "s" (against my will!), and I thought you were saying that his name was not the same as the Fodor for whom Fodor's was named.
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I searched "Fodorite" in the Europe section finding 995 threads. The bottom of the pile is question about Hotels in Prague. Helena used "Fodorite" in her reply on 01/06/99. There could be earlier usages out there but finding them would be too much like work.
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Sometimes I thing "Fodorgentsia" (derivative of "intelligentsia" would have been a more fitting nickname.
Other times, I'm sure "Fodoroid" (from Mongoloid idiot) would have been a better choice.
Since "Fodorite" is long-established, I guess we can live with that.
Other times, I'm sure "Fodoroid" (from Mongoloid idiot) would have been a better choice.
Since "Fodorite" is long-established, I guess we can live with that.
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GIRLS!!!
I do know for sure the following:
1. It was coined on this forum
2. And fodors appropriated it during the pin eerrrrm ... distribution.
What I was looking for were useful posts on the topics from people who might remember.
What does this have to do with travel?? Well it's the term used to designate a certain kind of GTG and this TRAVEL forum has a history which includes the use of the term. Any more questions?? No? Good.
Now let's get back to being "fodorites", who spend their time "fodoring" or admiring their "fodoriana" -- or being "fodoristas" [I wonder if that relates in any way to the Starbucks "baristas"?]
I do know for sure the following:
1. It was coined on this forum
2. And fodors appropriated it during the pin eerrrrm ... distribution.
What I was looking for were useful posts on the topics from people who might remember.
What does this have to do with travel?? Well it's the term used to designate a certain kind of GTG and this TRAVEL forum has a history which includes the use of the term. Any more questions?? No? Good.
Now let's get back to being "fodorites", who spend their time "fodoring" or admiring their "fodoriana" -- or being "fodoristas" [I wonder if that relates in any way to the Starbucks "baristas"?]
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KS452 -- excellent contributions!!!
What I DO want are definitions for each of these variants -- there WILL be a quiz Or I could mail my Fodors pin to the best one?
The page referred to is at: http://fodorite.fisherfowler.net/
What I DO want are definitions for each of these variants -- there WILL be a quiz Or I could mail my Fodors pin to the best one?
The page referred to is at: http://fodorite.fisherfowler.net/