have you ever heard or used the term "freeper" in the offline world?

[drumwolf]

I'd be really curious to know. It seems like the Internet has its own jargon that may or may not make it out into the "real" world. I got really curious about this question after I asked a fellow liberal if he knew what a "freeper" is, and he didn't know.

(BTW, he's now on DU, although I don't know if he posts or just lurks. Hi to Fred from CCSF if you're reading this!)

[HEyHEY]

1. Used it got funny looks

Even funnier was the fact I thought them strange to not know it!

[Tsiyu]

4. Same here

It'll slip out and then folks'll say " a what?" We truly are DU addicts...

[Morning Dew]

2. Ohhh, yeah.........

usually preceded by the word "effin".

And then, only with a friend who occasionally reads DU .

[Tom Kitten]

3. just on AAR

but I've met a few in person, like my ex-car mechanic...

[TheFarseer]

5. Nope, never used or heard

[rooboy]

6. Ike Newkirk uses it regularly...

on his Open Line radio show out of Atlanta on Sunday mornings.

[JohnKleeb]

7. Not really

Like I use it when I talk with other DUers of course, I only used it once not around anyone from the boards, I went to the wrong room for philosophy last year and I saw a banner from Free Republic, I was like holy shit the guy is a freeper.

[pauliedangerously]

8. I've used it....

with other DUers at get-togethers.

[theorist]

9. My girlfriend and I use it as an all encompassing term for wingers.

(Even when we not sure if the person even uses the Internet.) It just rolls off the tongue, and it sounds so dirty and derogatory:

"F&#*ing Freepers!"

I really do think it could become part of the general political lexicon, independent of FR. That site is so ugly, I wouldn't send anyone there, but I will call you a freeper if you've got a */C sticker on your car.
:evilgrin:

[4MoreYearsOfHell]

10. POS Hannity

refers to them all the time...Cause he's too stupid to come up with his own stuff...Wassa matter Sean? Can't you lie on your own?

Foooookin pussy that he is...

[gardenista]

11. Yes, and this is NO LIE. It is our family word for fart.

We have used this term for as long as I can remember. I think my dad started it, for obvious reasons. (Sorry, dad!)

As in, "Ooops, sorry, I freeped."

and, "Dad, you are such a freeper!"

and, "No freeping in the back seat!"

[sleipnir]

12. I've used it talking to friends about online poll results.

I said, "Ah, don't believe it, that poll has been freeped." Of course, they just stared at me and I had to explain the whole thing.

[bowens43]

13. Yes

I use it instead of the word conservative when discussing politics.