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Dayvenkirq 
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 Posted: October 31 2014 at 16:23 |
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: October 31 2014 at 15:36 |
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Just heard this one when watching an episode of Columbo : tightless (or I may have misheard it).
"Lieutenant, I have already told you that Dr. Fleming is a close personal friend of mine. Now, I hope he is not going to be annoyed by a lot of tightless remarks, especially at a time like this." Don't know what the word means; I could only guess (meaning "careless"?). I may ask about this one on an English language-related forum. Investigation ongoing.  Edited by Dayvenkirq - October 31 2014 at 15:37 |
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: October 28 2014 at 21:25 |
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Argonaught
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Posted: October 28 2014 at 07:05 |
We must embrace the self-increasing chaos .. can't beat entropy :)
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Dean
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Posted: October 28 2014 at 06:40 |
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... good one.
Of course now we live in the age of teh unimaginative generation, typos are adopted rather than corrected.
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What?
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: October 28 2014 at 06:22 |
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Ah, there's a fun one (I'm sure a few of us know about this one): dord.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: October 28 2014 at 00:28 |
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More so (not moreso!), so much so.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: October 26 2014 at 22:24 |
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: October 25 2014 at 23:57 |
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^ I don't care if they do get it.
 I'm not a terrorist anyway.. . . Caught this word from a poster in the Mining Research Facility of my alma mater (UNR); it's time I've put a meaning to that word: torrefaction. Two more: paracentesis, populism.
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Argonaught
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Posted: October 22 2014 at 21:39 |
Google gave you nothing, but it sold your details to 15,549 telemarketers and the Feds  |
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: October 22 2014 at 13:07 |
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: October 13 2014 at 12:51 |
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Maladious, onager (not just the Roman siege engine), torque vs. torsion, emoji, down for the count.
Edited by Dayvenkirq - October 13 2014 at 20:41 |
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: October 11 2014 at 10:43 |
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^ At first I thought "Crazy?"; then I looked at my OP, and I think I see what you are saying.
... but "entirely crazy"? 
Edited by Dayvenkirq - October 12 2014 at 05:37 |
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: October 11 2014 at 08:44 |
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Bonus points for an entirely crazy opening for this thread and getting lots of comments.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: October 09 2014 at 10:48 |
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: October 05 2014 at 22:42 |
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: October 02 2014 at 01:14 |
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^ Yeah, it's words as unpopular/obscure as that one that intrigue me about how we have built and expanded the English language, including bringing foreign words into it.
By the way, Google gave me nothing on "doppelpluskühl". Is that a Germanic slang fusion you came up with?
Edited by Dayvenkirq - October 02 2014 at 01:25 |
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Argonaught
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Posted: October 01 2014 at 21:58 |
Bildungsroman is doppelpluskühl.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: September 26 2014 at 00:50 |
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Dyspeptic, bildungsroman, screed, crank2.
Also, when looking up "barrister", I've found out there's a difference between a lawyer and an ... oh. And two more things I didn't know about "stewed".
Edited by Dayvenkirq - September 26 2014 at 01:08 |
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: September 25 2014 at 11:31 |
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^ That could also work.
So, we have: 1) parroting, 2) psychological projection (psychological bias), and 3) counter-accusation.
Edited by Dayvenkirq - September 26 2014 at 00:53 |
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Dean wrote: