Random Wordplay Time

[talktooloose]

There should be a story about someone who's persecuted because he uses the online name "boilover". He means for it to be read "boil over" but authorities think he means "boi lover".

There should be such a story. The more elaborate the better. 500 pages should be the minimum length for a novel created merely to serve a pun.

Comments

[mentalmakeup.livejournal.com]

What if he really did intend "boi lover" but meant it in the spirit in which boi is generally used now, which is female to male transsexual?

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

I am not aware of this usage. I only know "boi" as cute flirty spelling of "boy" in cruising circles. Interesting.

[mentalmakeup.livejournal.com]

I've only encountered it in the past few years, but then I'm not terrifically active in the online FtM community.

[primavera.livejournal.com]

That's not really a pun..

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

What classification of wordplay is it?

[primavera.livejournal.com]

I don't know, I'm just being pedantic.

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

Also, I was trying to figure out who you were and how you got here... The Odd Bodkins icon! I have two collections of Odd Bodkins comics. They were like a bridge from Pogo to 70s underground.

[primavera.livejournal.com]

Yes, my father has two collections too.. I've been into it pretty much since I could read. :>

[lux-apollo.livejournal.com]

It would be a cool story.