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Question: What does HGIC stand for?

I'm testing the waters and trying to see if people can decode the acronym quickly enough to actually make it relevant to something I'm working on. I expect I'll hear lots of "duh, that's easy." But you never know.

Posted 17 months ago by Cerulean Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • HA! That is the best.
    Posted 17 months ago by Pomegrandy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Awww thanks, lmao, but I just found out I can't really use it anyway! *___*  Well, we'll see, lol.
    Posted 17 months ago by Cerulean Subscriber! | Permalink
  • And now in English for us non-english speakers...

    (I am to curious...)
    Posted 17 months ago by Miriamele Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I could pretend I'm sleep deprived and give that as a reason for being clueless, but I'd be lying.
    So I'll come out and say it...  I have no idea ._.
    Posted 17 months ago by Ebil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think what I'm really looking for is to see if people are familiar enough with the acronym "HBIC" to get the twist, here. No shame if you're not, haha. I'll explain it soon enough. :)
    Posted 17 months ago by Cerulean Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hooray for ego-driven nomenclature!
    Posted 17 months ago by malo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • H.B.I.C. = "Head Bitch In Charge" for the non-English speakers :) I just had to Google it myself. I'm pretty sure I know what the other version is and 'G' does NOT stand for "Guy" or "Gal" ;p
    Posted 17 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Um, "goat"?
    Posted 17 months ago by Widdershins Subscriber! | Permalink
  • HGIC means Cerulean will rule the world. :3

    lol yeah I know what it means. :P
    Posted 17 months ago by Piratice Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Head Glitch In Charge! ;)
    Posted 17 months ago by NutMeg Botwin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • High Giant Imagination Creating?

    Lol, I got it! But I had never seen the HBIC acronym before. (Non-native etcetera here.)
    Posted 17 months ago by Ximenez Subscriber! | Permalink
  • In the Urban dictionary, it's Head Geek in Charge...so...already taken, a long time ago...
    Posted 17 months ago by b3achy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Noooo. Lmao, well I'm reclaiming it for a new Tumblr. Deets to be posted later. :P
    Posted 17 months ago by Cerulean Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hairy Guys In Circles?  Ewwwwwww
    High Girls In Catsuits? Hmmm
    Hot Gum In Civics?  YUCK!
    Honest Guys, Im Crazy!  HAHAHA
    Posted 17 months ago by Innie✿, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I wonder who's the HGIC in the TS team. 
    Well, it's geek in this case. We all know the Head Glitch, good ole Stoot :)
    Posted 17 months ago by KitkatCat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hot Glitch in Circulation?

    a glitchen can dream?
    Posted 17 months ago by Faereluth Subscriber! | Permalink
  • why even go there, cerulean? nearly every american that's been east of the Mississippi knows exactly what that's referencing.

    poor taste, sir.
    Posted 17 months ago by A Magical Unicorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @A Magical Unicorn -- Huh?!

    @Innie -- The first one sounds like my kind of Thursday night! xD
    Posted 17 months ago by Cerulean Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Cerulean What AMU is on about/referencing is that the original acronym contained a particularly unsavory racial epithet. Seeing as you seem to be sensitive about labeling (judging from past posts), there might have been some confusion as to your usage, even considering the paraphrase.
    Posted 17 months ago by malo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Actually the unsavory version had a different letter in one spot. I know what it was and what word it represented and I'm definitely not going there any further.
    Posted 17 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Fokian Yes, hence my pointing out the paraphrase.
    Posted 17 months ago by malo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ah. Well acronyms, especially short ones, can be that way, I suppose. Move a letter and they mean something completely different. Well, when I have my blog, I'm going to use the HGIC URL *but* I'm also going to clearly have the title posted at the top of the page in huge writing: HEAD GLITCH IN CHARGE.

    I'd never heard of this "unsavory" acronym, and I still have no idea what any of you are referring to. I wish AMU wouldn't have assumed that I knew that, though. Yes, I try to be EXTREMELY sensitive and aware of all things progressive, and I feel I know a lot more than most, but I can't know everything. I bet many of you don't know that feeling "gypped" and using "eenie meenie miney moe" are also extremely offensive?

    Anyway, thanks to everyone for the input! :D
    Posted 17 months ago by Cerulean Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ok. Replace the "G" with an "N". Think Deep South in the U.S. historically (and my family - dad's side IS from the Deep South - historically we were plantation owners!)

    "gyped" I know about. "eenie meenie miney moe" ? I'm Googling that!

    Nope. @Cerulean, that last is clean: Wikipedia


     And a Google search of HGIC pops up, among other things, "Head Geek In Charge".
    Posted 17 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • From Wikipedia:

    Controversial version Older versions of this rhyme had the word nigger (instead of tiger) and are less popular now because of the waning public acceptability of the slur, including : Eeny, meena, mina, mo,Catch a nigger by the toe;If he squeals let him go,Eena, meena, mina, mo.[2]
    Posted 17 months ago by Cerulean Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I also want to explain why I didn't censor that: fear of the word only makes it more powerful. Like Voldemort.

    A few years ago a woman (who identified as white) had a dispute with another woman (ethnic identification unknown) on an airplane over a seat on the flight. A flight attendant used the Eeny Meeny rhyme to "help" them select who should be in the seat. The white woman sued the airline and actually won (I have no idea what they were able to charge the plane with) because, even though she identified as white, she found the rhyme offensive and the court felt there was enough justification to let her win the case.
    Posted 17 months ago by Cerulean Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Cerulean - Yep. I read that part of the article before I posted the link.The children's rhyme seems to predate that particular version. That legal story is amusing (and sad). Probably the jury in that case was not given the full history of the chant.

    I have run a Western component to my D&d campaign and I had my NPCs and PCs use the term as a matter of course because it was appropriate for the time period being played. I know the term did not always have the pejorative meaning it has now. The "sanitized" versions of Samuel Clemon's novels still upsets me.
    Posted 17 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Noting how HBIC turning into Bah Bah Green Sheep!!! When will the pc end and the reality begin?
    Posted 17 months ago by Really Pissed Off Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Noting how HBIC turning into Bah Bah Green Sheep!!! When will the pc end and the reality begin?
    Posted 17 months ago by Really Pissed Off Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Noting how HGIC turning into a Bah Bah Green Sheep moment......
    Posted 17 months ago by Really Pissed Off Subscriber! | Permalink
  • PC will never end. PC isn't simply about being correct. PC is about treating everyone the way they deserve to be treated: equally.
    Posted 17 months ago by Cerulean Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hot Girls in Camo?
    Posted 17 months ago by Some_Random_Guy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hoopy Glitches Invite Comrades!
    Posted 17 months ago by Jennyanydots Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hola Girls, I'M Carlos ?
    Posted 17 months ago by Marcm Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hot GUYS in camo. ;)
    Posted 17 months ago by Cerulean Subscriber! | Permalink