Common sense - we here are Flingees. The Royal gang are the Flingers: *they* are the ones who FLING Things to we Flingees. So it makes no sense when forum members refer to themselves and each other as 'Flingers.' We are not flinging anything. We are paying money to have things flung to us.

Just wanted to clear that up.

Doh!!!

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All American Association Against Acronym Abuse

Now shagged 4 times....

Ah but it depends on the context of the word "fling". When calling oneself a Flinger, you are referring to the act of flinging--in this sense it means to have flung, in other words to have hit the "fling me one" button and put an order through. It is though true that it means different things when we say we've flung, and when the royal court flings. Haha, you remind me though I used to contemplate this very concept when I was a new flinger back in the day, and yet it now makes total sense to me, and I don't think about it. But there are a lot of context driven definitions. here. Fling in the TF sense is not only a verb but also a noun, as our packages are also considered "flings" as in "I received my fling today".

"I flung my fling, which the Royals flung at me!"

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"Your vigor for life appalls me" -- Robert Crumb

For your information(and my sanity):
The ThingFling FAQ plus glossary of commonly used terms by Melmo.
Tools for better and faster flinging (secrets revealed!) by Scaredwitless
A vision of the royal court by Ava
Thingflings Member Gallery
Rankings and how you get them by thingfling(posted by milk86)
See the contents of past (almost) mystery boxes in the watcha got forum.
Just shagged: Greatest hits, and shags explained.
The OFFICIAL (By us!) TRADE yo flings thread.

Flung? Not 'Flinged'? (In my defense, I'm on pain meds these days, so it all makes sense to me! )

And the winner of the TF annual spelling B is................

Depends on what generation they come from. The term "Trekkie," while coined as a mocking name for Trek fen, was actually adopted by the earliest fans as a badge of honor. It wasn't until later that the fen decided that they preferred the word "Trekkers," and that eventually stuck as the "official" term. Even today, when you go to a SF con you will still occasionally hear the old argument - generally between someone who was around to see the original series' first run and those who are young enough to be their grandkids.