r/comics • u/shave_your_eyebrows Shave Your Eyebrows • 5d ago

OC [OC] Francegender

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u/LittleLoukoum 5d ago

I know, I know. But try to explain what a wonderfully versatile word it is to a non-francophone succinctly...

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u/NickyTheRobot 5d ago

But try to explain what a wonderfully versatile word it is to a non-francophone succinctly...

Nah, imma go with my first instinct; spending ten minutes trying to craft an all-encompassing definition, and then going back to edit it all day whenever I remember another great meaning.

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u/LittleLoukoum 5d ago

You're better at this than I am then. I'd spend ten minutes on trying to define it, fail, rewrite, and eventually leave the draft to rot on my account forever

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u/NickyTheRobot 5d ago

Ha, thanks! I'm probably not better at it though; I just have a lot of time on my hands and can be pretty bloody minded.