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let's litigate "Videogames" versus "Video Games" again

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    TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    edited May 2020
    Video Games
    It's a game pak that you put into the control deck

    Turn on the power and brother


    That's gaming

    Tallahasseeriel on
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    JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    Um actually its Video-Games with a hyphen.

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    bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    Videogames
    Where's the nintendo option?

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    It's actually Videogames' Monster

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    shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    Video Games
    compound phrases in English that become common or idiomatic tend to follow the path of "two words with space -> two words with hyphen -> one word"

    it doesn't happen 100% of the time, but usually when a phrase remains as two words or a hyphenate it's because they're overly long or the letter combination is weird (e.g. double vowels) or it's a non-noun part of speech

    in other words, if it's not videogames now it will be eventually motherfuckers, give in to inevitability

    This will be the thing that drives me apart from the younger generations. Their strange music and their refusal to put the space in between the two words.

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    DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited May 2020
    compound phrases in English that become common or idiomatic tend to follow the path of "two words with space -> two words with hyphen -> one word"

    it doesn't happen 100% of the time, but usually when a phrase remains as two words or a hyphenate it's because they're overly long or the letter combination is weird (e.g. double vowels) or it's a non-noun part of speech

    in other words, if it's not videogames now it will be eventually motherfuckers, give in to inevitability

    This will be the thing that drives me apart from the younger generations. Their strange music and their refusal to put the space in between the two words.

    Thiswill bethe thingthat drivesme apartfrom theyounger generations.Their strangemusic andtheir refusalto putthe spacein betweenthe twowords.

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    PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    Darmak wrote: »
    compound phrases in English that become common or idiomatic tend to follow the path of "two words with space -> two words with hyphen -> one word"

    it doesn't happen 100% of the time, but usually when a phrase remains as two words or a hyphenate it's because they're overly long or the letter combination is weird (e.g. double vowels) or it's a non-noun part of speech

    in other words, if it's not videogames now it will be eventually motherfuckers, give in to inevitability

    This will be the thing that drives me apart from the younger generations. Their strange music and their refusal to put the space in between the two words.

    Twowords

    Whoneedsspacesanyways?

    Steam: Polaritie
    3DS: 0473-8507-2652
    Switch: SW-5185-4991-5118
    PSN: AbEntropy
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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    Polaritie wrote: »
    Darmak wrote: »
    compound phrases in English that become common or idiomatic tend to follow the path of "two words with space -> two words with hyphen -> one word"

    it doesn't happen 100% of the time, but usually when a phrase remains as two words or a hyphenate it's because they're overly long or the letter combination is weird (e.g. double vowels) or it's a non-noun part of speech

    in other words, if it's not videogames now it will be eventually motherfuckers, give in to inevitability

    This will be the thing that drives me apart from the younger generations. Their strange music and their refusal to put the space in between the two words.

    Twowords

    Whoneedsspacesanyways?

    me

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    DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    Goddamnit, I edited my post after y'all quoted me

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    JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    Video Games
    I don't play video games, I perform video feats.

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    3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    what is a video game, is that how the kids say vidyagormz these days?

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    HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    Videogames
    It will always be videogames in my mind. Anyone who disagrees can fight me in single combat. Loser dies. Winner gets to continue to use the term of their preference.

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    sponospono Mining for Nose Diamonds Booger CoveRegistered User regular
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    XehalusXehalus Registered User regular
    Video Games
    never

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    MulysaSemproniusMulysaSempronius but also susie nyRegistered User regular
    Videogames
    Videogames.
    Video games.
    Huh, autocorrect likes both just fine.

    If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
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    ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User regular
    Video Games
    Hank Hill taught me its vidjeo-games.

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    TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    Video Games
    Zonugal wrote: »
    Hank Hill taught me its vidjeo-games.

    Does he look like he knows what a jpeg is though?

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    HeadCreepsHeadCreeps NOW IS THE TIME FOR DRINKING! Registered User regular
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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    have the rolling stones killed

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    ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    this argument is like hot dog sandwich but with somehow even lower stakes

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    BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    Darmak wrote: »
    compound phrases in English that become common or idiomatic tend to follow the path of "two words with space -> two words with hyphen -> one word"

    it doesn't happen 100% of the time, but usually when a phrase remains as two words or a hyphenate it's because they're overly long or the letter combination is weird (e.g. double vowels) or it's a non-noun part of speech

    in other words, if it's not videogames now it will be eventually motherfuckers, give in to inevitability

    This will be the thing that drives me apart from the younger generations. Their strange music and their refusal to put the space in between the two words.

    Thiswill bethe thingthat drivesme apartfrom theyounger generations.Their strangemusic andtheir refusalto putthe spacein betweenthe twowords.

    This willbe the thing that drives me apart from the youngergenerations. Their strangemusic and their refusal to put the space inbetween the twowords.

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    LucedesLucedes might be real Registered User regular
    in retrospect it's not strange i can see it both ways

    i usually go both ways on everything

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    DisruptedCapitalistDisruptedCapitalist I swear! Registered User regular
    My high school math teacher called them "no-friend-o"

    That was really great for my self esteem, I tell ya what.

    "Simple, real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." -Mustrum Ridcully in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather p. 142 (HarperPrism 1996)
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    PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    Videogames
    I prefer videogames or videogaymes

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    GrisloGrislo Registered User regular
    Xaquin wrote: »
    have the rolling stones killed

    I'm not sure if this is a command or a questions, but yes.

    This post was sponsored by Tom Cruise.
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    The Cow KingThe Cow King a island Registered User regular
    edited May 2020
    Enjoyment derived out of magic bullshit math

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    Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    4chan says it's "vidya", so that's probably where it's going to end up.

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    StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    Video Games
    Ah yes, 4chan, the bastion of truth

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    JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    Have the Rolling Stones kill 4chan

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    TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    Videogames
    4chan is the apex of gamer culture

    being existentially horrifying doesn't make it any less true

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    GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    Video Games
    When I was... a young boy... I was so disappointed by the label of "gaming" on places with slot machines. "Gambling machines are not gaming!" young me protested. Boy, did video games prove me wrong.

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    ElaroElaro Apologetic Registered User regular
    Video Games
    "Video Games" is what's written on electronic gaming's birthing certificate, but to their close friends, they go by "vidyah".

    Children's rights are human rights.
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    Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    Video Games
    So much wrong

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    JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    Video Games
    I miss the old radio games. It's why kids these days have no imagination.

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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    video games killed the radio games star

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    miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    Lanz wrote: »
    los juegos de video

    what a mysterious jogo

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    ChallChall Registered User regular
    In 2021 we will retire the term "video game". We will only refer to them as "Bubsys" after the only remaining legal video game, Bubsy.

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    RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    Hideo Games

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    SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    Maybe forums are bad.

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