Deck: Cyber Curmudgeon - Deckish

While I was active in the Usenet newsgroup misc.writing a few years back, I briefly added a word to the English language: deckish.

It meant a post that was short and to the point, sharp, and at least occasionally witty. It was coined (not by me) in response to my trademark answers in flame wars.

Therefore I suppose I ought to appreciate Cheney's answer when told two thirds of Americans do not think the Iraq war is worth fighting.

"So?"

In one word, the vice president of the United States showed his contempt for the American people and the whole idea of democracy.

You can't get more deckish than that.

I'm rather glad that the word didn't stick.