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while you make good points, please stop spelling it 'gumment', it makes you sound like one of the nutjobs.

• crazypyro 13y ago
  I honestly had no idea what he meant by "gumment" and thought it was similar to a gauntlet or something. Had to say it out loud before I finally got it. Whats the fucking point of abbreviating something like government to gumment? It just makes you look unintelligent...
  • ByronT 13y ago
    It made me hungry for gumbo.
  • graycat 13y ago
    'Government' is too respectful. 'Gumment' has the contempt of some barefoot guy in the hills of east Tennessee out in the woods with a home built still. I find that contempt very appropriate. Otherwise your point is well taken.
• rdouble 13y ago
  I've never been able to figure the gumment/gubmint guys out. Are they making fun of rednecks? Or are they assuming the role of some sort of redneck freedom fighter? Do rednecks even say "gumment?"
  • graycat 13y ago
    I don't remember just where I got 'gumment', but I did spend a lot of time in Tennessee! But, I stand corrected and more highly polished before the more sensitive HN audience and will use 'government' (cough, cough, upchuck). But we should always keep in mind who's paying the bills: They are supposed to be working for us.