More On Krugabe

    I posted the following notice a couple of weeks ago:

Bloggers who don't like Paul Krugman (almost everybody) have taken to calling him "Krugabe" rather than "Krugman."
Can anyone tell me what "abe" is supposed to mean?
Best I can figure, it's a reference to a creature known as a Mudokon in the video game Oddworld.
Y'know, I really hate it when people use in-group words without defining them. It's like using an abbreviation without saying what the abbreviation stands for.

    Although stats show that quite few people read my request, nobody could or would enlighten me as to what "abe" means in the context of "krug." I remain, unhappily and frustratedly, in the dark.
    Since I’m not a man who gives up easily ─ pointless persistence and obsession with trivia are among my many failings ─ I have continued to invest intellectual effort and Google-time in the matter. Here are some notes I’ve made on the subject:

● Should one pronounce the name Krugabe as "Krugabee" as in Huckabee? If so, what the fuck does that have to do with the price of tea in China?
● Should I be searching for the meaning of "gabe" rather than "abe?" Wikipedia informs that Gabe is a diminutive of Gabriel as in Gabe Kaplan. It is also a tune from Motor Motel Love Songs, whatever the hell that is, as well as the surname of a Bulgarian poetess and a former Welsh rugby union player, whoever the hell they are.
● Could the word "Abe" be a sarcastic reference to Abraham Lincoln? Geez, I hope not. That would not only be pretty lame, but an insult to Honest Abe as well.
● Is ABE one of those stupid acronyms, like LOL, and IMHO and OTOH that e-mailers, bloggers, twitterers, facebookers, and related nitwits use? If so, might it stand for something like "Asinine Bearded Egomaniac" or "Aggressive Bullshit Ejector" or "Absurd Bloviating Emobitch."

The richest trove of abes that I unearthed in my studies came from the Urban Dictionary Here, for your non-edification, are the dregs of the lot in inverse order of unimportance:

  1. A person who has a beard that makes him look like Abe Lincoln
  2. Someone that is freakin’ crazy. (Example: "Dude that guy is so Abe.")
  3. A new-age name for God. (Example: "Atheist says, ‘Abe doesn't exist.’ Abe responds, ‘Yes I do.’ Atheist says,: ‘Oh, Wow...’")
  4. When you, or someone else has been assassinated in a video game such as halo. (Example: "That blue dude just Abe'd the red teams sniper.")
  5. The role you play in the Play Station game. "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee". (Example: "Abe is the best darn floor-waxer in RuptureFarms. He also just happens to be the millennial Hero selected by fate to rescue his fellow Mudokons from slavery.")
  6. A Big Erection. (Example: "Ohhh that chick gave me Abe")
  7. A complete tool. (Example: "Look at that abe over there. ")
  8. The unfortunate fashion statement when a scraggily pubic hair peeks out from someone's bathing suit. (Example: "That chick was hot, but did you notice that she was sporting an abe outside of her thong?")
  9. An extremely unattractive snaggletoothed virgin female with full-on Abe Lincoln facial hair (Example: "OMG did you see that chick? She is totally an Abe!")
  10. A collection of cut-off pube hairs. When a man shaves his pubes off and puts them in a pile. That is called an Abe. (Example: "OMG Look at that pile of Abe.")

          
                    Krug-Abe                          Pubic Hair-Abe                    Mukodon-Abe
    Perhaps Mr. Krugman himself would care to clean up this whole kettle of fish. I and three or four people around the blogosphere would be slightly grateful.
    In the nonce, my request for information (and ideas, guesses, stupid suggestions, and outright fabrications) remains open.

Norm Mack, Peterborough, dog@myfairpoint.net

BULLETIN: During a disjointed conversation with my beautiful, brilliant daughter Lale this morning (it's my birthday) I told her about my Krugabe problem. After a moment's consideration she hazarded the guess that "Krugabe" should be pronounced Kroo-Gah-Bay as in Moo-Gah-Bay, a reference to the insane and murderous African dictator Robert Mugabe. I suspect this is the answer to the mystery.

                              
                      Resemblance? Perhaps if Mr. Mugabe grew a beard and Mr. Krugman started
                      wearing hornrims and his old SS uniform the similarity would be more obvious.

 

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