A series of dots (...) frequently used in schizoposts, which can help identify such posts. Schizophrenia symptoms include a speech disorder called "looseness of association" that manifests in writing. Schizo ellipses are used by individuals with schizophrenia to link loosely related ideas, convey their thought process while writing, or omit information for an ominous effect.
Schizoposts often feature schizo ellipses and other punctuation errors, as the writer believes the reader already understands their point and doesn't need further explanation. Consequently, schizo ellipses end sentences without forming a question or statement, leaving the reader to "form their own conclusion" and wonder about WTF they just read.
Schizoposts often feature schizo ellipses and other punctuation errors, as the writer believes the reader already understands their point and doesn't need further explanation. Consequently, schizo ellipses end sentences without forming a question or statement, leaving the reader to "form their own conclusion" and wonder about WTF they just read.
"John couldn't help but notice the schizo ellipsis while reading /x/: 'The government is hiding the truth about aliens... I've seen them with my own eyes... but you wouldn't understand... it's all connected, you know... just wait and see...' It left him both curious and confused about the author's true intentions."
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Patty is pissed because I made a joke about her big butt last night. She has been giving me the verbal ellipsis all day.
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The triple-dotted connector used in the middle of quotations when the writer is too lazy to quote the entire sentence or phrase.
Lazy ellipsis "abc ... efg"
The inhumane and almost desperate nature of Lady Macbeth's ambitions were revealed in Act 1 Scene 5, where she asked "spirits that tend on mortal thoughts" to"Unsex her here ... fill her head to toe with direst cruelty".
In the concluding sentences of The Great Gatsby, it could be argued that Fitzgerald suggests we should embrace ambition and hope as part of our humanity, even as "we beat on ... borne back ceaselessly into the past".
The inhumane and almost desperate nature of Lady Macbeth's ambitions were revealed in Act 1 Scene 5, where she asked "spirits that tend on mortal thoughts" to"Unsex her here ... fill her head to toe with direst cruelty".
In the concluding sentences of The Great Gatsby, it could be argued that Fitzgerald suggests we should embrace ambition and hope as part of our humanity, even as "we beat on ... borne back ceaselessly into the past".
by M. Meursault July 12, 2017
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1. This girl just told me she has a boyfriend and I’ve only thought about that since. I hate Sadness ellipsis.
2. And you receive… a dent on your new car!!!!!
2. And you receive… a dent on your new car!!!!!
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Get the Sadness ellipsis mug.Hym "So, conservative pundits like to do this a lot but it's not just them. They like to use implicit ellipsis. So... When they say 'The woke leftist are grooming kids...' 👈 There is and ellipsis there. BUT it's spoken. So, obviously you can't SEE the ellipsis. The ellipsis is implicit. And what it means is that there is something that they are omitting from the sentence. That's what an 'ellipsis' means. So the FULL sentence is 'They are grooming kids... to believe that sex and gender are separate and that 'gender' is socially constructed and relates to gender roles. In the same way that a catholic is grooming kids to believe that an ontologically real reality monster has at some point interacted with humanity and arbitrated morality, there is no morality beyond this arbitration, and that failure to adhere to this morality deserves punishment... Unless I do it... In which case, me and the reality monster are cool and it will forgive me... Because I've been pre-forgiven' So, that's the trick. Be aware of implicit ellipsis in speech."
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