Should a hammer refer to someone who brings ham?

by **DoomYoshi** on Mon Apr 02, 2018 12:33 pm

On one hand, this most important role doesn't have a proper name (who does bring the bacon?). On the other hand, people can't just go around changing the language all willy-nilly. It's why we have standards.

by **jusplay4fun** on Mon Apr 02, 2018 1:06 pm

Language is fluid and changes; that is the nature of life.

There are rules for language, but there is "tweaking" at its edges.

That is my experience and understanding.

JP

by **DoomYoshi** on Mon Apr 02, 2018 1:08 pm

So you are ok if some people use the word hammer as a short form for hambringer.

by **jonesthecurl** on Mon Apr 02, 2018 1:16 pm

If you bit somebody who brought the ham, but just as a hobby, would you be a hammer-chewer?

by **DoomYoshi** on Mon Apr 02, 2018 1:25 pm

You'd be a sneeze, or a ha'chew for short.

EDIT: I looked up hammer chewer in the slang dictionary.

I guess as long as you don't bite them and get paid for it (just for a hobby), you could still be a hammer chewer.

by **Dukasaur** on Mon Apr 02, 2018 3:40 pm

Hambringer would be a welcome addition to the language. There is already harbinger, and its illiterate cousin harbringer. Adding a third word that could be confused with the first two would vastly improve the comedic prospects. It could be enough to bring Abbot and Costello back from the grave.