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Vigilante024



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 10:58 am Reply with quote
in the third ANN banner from the top boycott is spelled "buoycott"
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 2:10 pm Reply with quote
Vigilante024 wrote:
in the third ANN banner from the top boycott is spelled "buoycott"


my understanding is it's a "buycott" and a "boycott" rolled into one.. since (back then) SOS had buycotts... while other fans would boycott certain companies. Heck, some people STILL boycott certain companies.

either that, or it's a clever way to mask a 4-year old typo.
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Vigilante024



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 2:26 pm Reply with quote
Cookie wrote:
Vigilante024 wrote:
in the third ANN banner from the top boycott is spelled "buoycott"


my understanding is it's a "buycott" and a "boycott" rolled into one.. since (back then) SOS had buycotts... while other fans would boycott certain companies. Heck, some people STILL boycott certain companies.

either that, or it's a clever way to mask a 4-year old typo.


ahhh...makes sense...I think...
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Samurai CDZ



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 3:02 pm Reply with quote
While your definition makes sense, I couldn't find a dictionary that recognized either "buycott" or "buoycott", and I could find definitions for "ain't", "teer" and "speer" (the last two I didn't know were words), so doesn't that make it wrong.

Maybe the dude who created the word hated buoy's or something. Razz
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 3:18 pm Reply with quote
a 'buycott' is when a group of people go out and buy a specific product to show support for a 3rd party.

Save Our Sailors specifically had one with Kellogg's Pop-Tarts that I recall. They may have had others.

The logic behind it is:
"Sales totals are relatively unchanged from day to day. If we can create a small but noticable difference in the sales, then we can positively show our power as a group, rather than negatively do so."

Of course, ultimately, the SOS one failed.
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Samurai CDZ



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 3:39 pm Reply with quote
I'm just being techincal. I understand it and it makes sense. Anyway, wasn't ain't not a word a few years ago?

...wasn't...ain't...not......interesting wording...

OT again, sorry. Very Happy
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Carol Maxwell



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 5:35 pm Reply with quote
Ain't ain't a word and I ain't gonna use it. Surprised
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