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RE: Is there a word for it?
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Trying to be tactful to the person concerned perhaps? The word "brilliant" is a bit too much, maybe ......
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May 04, 2006 01:13
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"With the greatest respect"= "You're talking bollocks!" Or at least that's what I always assumed in ......
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April 28, 2006 05:43
RE: queer v gay reading
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No, no, Bob. I didn't mean on here- we're all civilised people who can hold a debate on subjects dis......
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April 28, 2006 05:34
RE: Tunnel/funnel?
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Thanks Arnie! I suspected that there was probably a similar etymology. It was just one of those odd ......
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April 28, 2006 01:18
RE: queer v gay reading
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The one thing I do find unacceptable in my view is the harassment some people are given when they cr......
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April 28, 2006 01:11
RE: Kennel?
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Well in the UK it means both- a boarding house for dogs and a small shed for a dog's home. One thing......
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April 27, 2006 00:09
Kennel?
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The second of my (possibly) pointless contributions. A mate of mine used the Americanism "In the dog......
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April 26, 2006 15:57
Tunnel/funnel?
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Because I'm too bone idle to find the eymology of these words I'll ask you fine people instead! I wa......
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April 26, 2006 15:48
RE: Monumental
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I would say the answer is fairly clear. A monument is a structure which is a memorial, whereas a mem......
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April 24, 2006 01:43
RE: P as in "Phyllis"
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Plus of course it's why the North Vietnamese were nicknamed "Charlie"- Viet Cong=VC= Victor Charlie....
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April 24, 2006 01:39
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The armed forces use many words differently for clarity of use over radios, etc. In addition to the ......
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April 24, 2006 01:36
RE: Ironics
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Should have added (maniacal laughter) to the above perhaps! Why do mad scientists, etc. enjoy laughi......
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April 06, 2006 00:46
RE: Ironics
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Maybe I'll steal Mencken's idea and patent it as my own, adding it to all our new keyboards- I'll be......
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April 05, 2006 10:09
RE: Name for Chicago Transit Line
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I must admit that whilst I travelled on th 'L' I can't remember what they were called, so they weren......
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April 02, 2006 09:52
RE: The Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini
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Yup, I'm afraid I haven't quite qualified for dirty old man status yet, being merely an innocent you......
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April 02, 2006 09:47
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Keith Waterhouse in the Daily Mail: "The poet Roger McGough has run foul of the Clerk to the House o......
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March 30, 2006 23:41
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March 30, 2006 01:51
RE: Professions as surnames
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Yeah there's always the old joke about someone being so thick he thinks Hertz Van Rental is a Dutch ......
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March 29, 2006 11:24
RE: Professions as surnames
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Shame we don't have some modern ones, Sharon Computerprogrammer, Joseph Carsalesman, Elizabeth Elect......
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March 29, 2006 09:55
RE: Arachibutyrophobia.
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Actually I did come across the word elsewhere (can't remember where) and it too mentioned the 'stick......
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March 29, 2006 09:49
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