Do scammers use the word "modality"?

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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:10 am

I noticed in a few of the scams I've been receiving, the scammers are using the word "modality" in their scripted text.

I kinda thought that was a baiter-only word? Or is that another word that we're stealing from them for our own use (like mugu)?

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:17 am

AFAIK, its one of those lovely words that we stole from the lads and have made our own Wink

[Edit]- Still faster than the average Weasel Wink

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:17 am

Scammers use it ALL the time.. I guess baiters use it to make fun of the lads... Very Happy

Edit: SF beat me to it!! Laughing

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:36 am

Now if they would only use the word morality and mean it we would not need to have this forum.

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:39 am

It is a real word. In the dictionary and everything. Used by Henry Kissinger a lot. And anyone who looks like that and can talk Jill St.John into bed can't be wrong. Scammers used it to appear more impressive and baiters adopted it because it sounds funny.

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:44 am

Something I've always wanted to try is to see if we could inject a word into their vocabulary and track it. We know that they often borrow words, names, even storylines (and modalities!) from baiters, but what if lots of baiters started using a made-up word? Could we get the lads to adopt it?

We absorbed some of their lingo, why not return the favour?

No point really, aside from it being a neat sociolinguistic experiment. I do think about it every now and then, though.

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:15 am

That would be an awesome idea. I'd suggest something easy to remember/spell, hard to screw up, and a slang insult to either the user, or recipient, or both.

Maybe a substitute for "Sincerely" or another frequent part of letters?

How about:

Blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah.

Yiffily yours,

Namegoes Here

(You kids all know what "Yiff" means, I assume...)

419Eater is my life Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 356

^
Ew...

I should probably say something about goats in response to that but I'm not feeling very witty at the moment.

Anyways, the first time one of my lads said "modalities," my first reaction was to think he'd been baited before since 419eaters had been the only place I'd heard it. I was disappointed when I found out otherwise. It would be so much fun if we were secretly leaving our marks in their vocabularies!

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:16 am

I like the idea of starting a new sign off slogan.

Spaztastically yours
Ray Pist

The problem though is that it won't take long for the scammers to associate that slogan with people being "jokers".

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:55 am

Count me out. I don't find that word in any way amusing, for personal reasons, which I will let you in on should you care to PM me.

This invented word modality was, If I recall,discussed a few weeks ago. I'm sure one of the Mods could put his finger on it...the relevant thread I mean. Very Happy

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:00 am

^^^ Eucalyptising perchance?

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:06 am

As DrWho already said, modality is a perfectly normal word. I gues it just depends on the range amd depth of one's vocabulary ... Cool

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:39 am

@SoN

That's the one.....

http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=89617

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:29 pm

kleindoofy wrote:

As DrWho already said, modality is a perfectly normal word. I gues it just depends on the range amd depth of one's vocabulary ... Cool

Frequently used in the medical literature. Also at conferences, which is unfortunate as I start giggling when ever a speaker uses it....

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:16 pm

Talking of using obscure words - one of my lads today accused me of being "scrofulous".

He's in for a slap.

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:31 pm

^^^^^ Surely such verbosity(?) deserves reward not punishment?

I can recommend this site...http://www.yourdictionary.com/ Sign up for Word of the Day and then try and include it in any responses to the lads. It is also quite self-improving as well. Laughing

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:51 pm

I set out with the New Years resolution to introduce the word "wummery" as often as I could into my baits.

And I have already recieved Emails from lads that have adopted the word into their patter... Rolling Eyes

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 2:13 pm

During one of my first lad phone conversations, the lad actually said "modalities"
From that moment on I was a lost cause & I had to hang up Laughing

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:18 pm

I have always liked the word lugubrious. Sounds funny. I use it every chance I get. Get you lad to say that.

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:45 pm

Mugubrious would be more appropriate Laughing

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:02 pm

mugu_cultist wrote:

but what if lots of baiters started using a made-up word? Could we get the lads to adopt it?

In one of my replies a long time ago, I wrote to the lad using "let's cut some cheese", in the hopes he would think it was a common expression and would then use it elsewhere.

I forgot about that until I stumbled upon this.

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:09 pm

Simba wrote:

I set out with the New Years resolution to introduce the word "wummery" as often as I could into my baits.

That's probably the funniest sounding word I've ever come across. I think I may have to join you in it's usage.

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:02 pm

There's one EFCC boilerplate that uses the word "peradventure". It still surprises me.

Baiting Guru Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 5905

My favourite was when a baiter taught some lads that PS stands for Post-Scrotum Laughing

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:55 pm

Call him an obsequious sycophant - most are - it's the up-market version of ass licker.

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