wackyparse

== English == === Etymology === From wacky +‎ parse. Coined by James Parry in 1998. Though wackyparsing as a concept probably originated in Kibology (at alt.religion.kibology), at least as early as 1998[1], the term has come to have wider usage, particularly on Usenet. === Pronunciation === === Verb === wackyparse (third-person singular simple present wackyparses, present participle wackyparsing, simple past and past participle wackyparsed) (Internet slang, transitive, Kibology) To misread a text to a humorous effect (perhaps deliberately), especially in line with traditional absurdist humor. Hypernym: misparse