Comments on: got X? http://snowclones.org/2007/11/08/got-x/ Snowclones are the new eggcorns. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:51:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Amelia http://snowclones.org/2007/11/08/got-x/#comment-2599 Amelia Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:52:44 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/11/08/got-x/#comment-2599 In middle school, I remember a classmate who had a t-shirt from Joe's Crab Shack that said, "Got crabs?" Yeah, he was eventually banned from wearing it. In middle school, I remember a classmate who had a t-shirt from Joe’s Crab Shack that said, “Got crabs?”

Yeah, he was eventually banned from wearing it.

]]> By: These are not the Snowclones you’re looking for … « Serendipitous Surfer http://snowclones.org/2007/11/08/got-x/#comment-2293 These are not the Snowclones you’re looking for … « Serendipitous Surfer Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:46:43 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/11/08/got-x/#comment-2293 [...] got X? [...] [...] got X? [...]

]]> By: Jim http://snowclones.org/2007/11/08/got-x/#comment-2206 Jim Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:21:36 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/11/08/got-x/#comment-2206 I think this snowclone is now often used in the opposite context, to indicate something no one needs or wants, e.g. "Got lice?" or "Got steroids?" I think this snowclone is now often used in the opposite context, to indicate something no one needs or wants, e.g. “Got lice?” or “Got steroids?”

]]> By: John Cowan http://snowclones.org/2007/11/08/got-x/#comment-1116 John Cowan Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:10:37 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/11/08/got-x/#comment-1116 In other words, it's typically a mass noun. Plurals seem to me (impressionistically) to be much rarer. As for "root", it's a special case meaning "super-user privileges", and thus a hidden plural. In other words, it’s typically a mass noun. Plurals seem to me (impressionistically) to be much rarer. As for “root”, it’s a special case meaning “super-user privileges”, and thus a hidden plural.

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