849K views · Jul 26, 2015 · 0:15 · 0 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2022–2026
A short clip of Inigo Montoya's line from The Princess Bride, 'You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.' It has no educational content beyond the film quote.
Why Hacker News points people here: Commenters post it as a joke reply when someone misuses a word or term.
> And the Hubble constant is decreasing: the relative velocities of celestial objects are (on average) growing more slowly than the distances between them. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. [0] [0] this video
> _literal_ blood on the street You keep using that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means. this video
I can't believe people voted me down for this! It's a direct quote from the movie, after Vizzini uses the word "inconceivable" you warthog-faced buffoons: this video
Nearly 80% of the commentators who have mentioned slop appear to be people who have the same relationship with the the word "slop" that Vizzini had with "inconceivable" [1]. [1] this video
