wackyparse

English

Etymology

From wacky +‎ parse. Coined by James Parry in 1998. Though wackyparsing as a concept probably originated in Kibology (at alt.religion.kibology), at least as early as 1998[1], the term has come to have wider usage, particularly on Usenet.

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Verb

wackyparse (third-person singular simple present wackyparses, present participle wackyparsing, simple past and past participle wackyparsed)

1. (Internet slang, transitive, Kibology) To misread a text to a humorous effect (perhaps deliberately), especially in line with traditional absurdist humor.

   Hypernym: misparse

   • 1998 May 9, James Kibo Parry, “Son of Short, Shameful Confession”, in alt.religion.kibology‎^[2] (Usenet):

     But "Kibological slip" just doesn't do it. I would prefer a single-word term. Something like "I wackyparsed that as..." or "I incorrgrept you."