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tried to google the word, not much came up, except for

Sklorking -Blow Out III 3/28 Recap: The Valley of the Stripper Dolls - Fans ... - Google Search

had so much fun reading it, though these lines in particular nearly had me sklorking up my chamomile tea. Quote:. Originally Posted by Critical ...

and

konksstu - Sklorking - Google Search

Spluttering like the Alien sklorking its wayoutta John Hurts scrawny stomach munching on Carl Perkins quiff and swimming in a cosmic slop Big Bang wrecking ...

So, I am not sure I know now what it means.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Apr 14th, 2008 at 02:01:34 PM EST
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Re: Sklorking (none / 1)

It appears to be a made-up onomatopoeia. That is, it means what it sounds like...

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Mon Apr 14th, 2008 at 02:15:12 PM EST
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Re: Sklorking (none / 1)

So it's basically the audible passage of a gelatinous mass down tube?

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Mon Apr 14th, 2008 at 02:46:59 PM EST
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Re: Sklorking (none / 0)

It's whatever makes the sound, "sklork."

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Mon Apr 14th, 2008 at 02:49:23 PM EST
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Re: Sklorking (none / 1)

...specific as ever

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by Sven Triloqvist on Mon Apr 14th, 2008 at 02:53:57 PM EST
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Re: Sklorking (none / 0)

The possibilities are infinite, I would imagine.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Mon Apr 14th, 2008 at 03:27:07 PM EST
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Re: Sklorking (none / 1)

Not really. The S is sibillant, the K glottal, the OR motive, the K a second glottal, followed by a gulp - for which I don't know the technical term. This does not offer infinite possibilities.

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by Sven Triloqvist on Mon Apr 14th, 2008 at 03:32:45 PM EST
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Re: Sklorking (4.00 / 3)

<sklork> it's my left wheel that makes the noise it's the one that's buggered <skweek roll> my good mood circuits sometimes go slorkle though <skrr> it depends on the humidity <splltttzzz> short circuit shit <sklorkle>

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Apr 14th, 2008 at 04:06:44 PM EST
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Re: Sklorking (none / 1)

The Sklorkbot is in da haus

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by Sven Triloqvist on Mon Apr 14th, 2008 at 04:09:56 PM EST
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