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Discussion Topic  RE: Metonymy (in Potpourri) by Geoff
Politicians are constantly using it to improperly frame issues by declaring, "The American (or Briti......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Verbiage (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
I don't think of it as meaning verboseness, but then I don't agree with Rush Limbaugh's definition o......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Fleer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  RE: Fleer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
It was once the name of a bubble gum maker in the USA, but other than that, I'd not heard of it.http......
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Discussion Topic  How would a redneck say his family name? (in Potpourri) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  RE: Classic (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
What does Shufitz the lawyer think? It IS the Radio Flyer company - just the place it's built has c......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Sound of Science (in Potpourri) by Geoff
I didn't know just where to stick this, so an administrator may stick it where the sun DOES shine if......
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Discussion Topic  Classic (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
I recently bought a Radio Flyer toy wagon for Sue to use as a garden cart. The shipping box said, "......
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Discussion Topic  Palin's prose (in The Written Word) by Geoff
I'm a day late with this thanks to another internet failure, but it's stil worth a read: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: cod Yiddish (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Yiddish spoken through a cod piece? ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Invasion Names (in Potpourri) by Geoff
Not necessarily, Tinman and Kalleh. The origin of "SUV" has bugged me for years, but at last I foun......
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Discussion Topic  RE: We all suspected as much, didn't we? (in Potpourri) by Geoff
So, you Brits have your own version of "The Onion?" Remember,lest you be misled - Sarkozy is Polish,......
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Discussion Topic  I've been framed! (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Can someone describe framing as a method of coersion in speech? Is it essentially an argument based......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Disney vocabulary (in Potpourri) by Geoff
In times past "costume" would not have been a euphamism, but likely is now. Hell, "Disney" is a eup......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cats or Dogs? (in The Written Word) by Geoff
I've only heard ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Headlines (in Potpourri) by Geoff
In Muncie there is a university called "Ball State Univrsity." It easily mondegreens as "Balls Tate......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Headlines (in Potpourri) by Geoff
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Discussion Topic  RE: How many? (in The Written Word) by Geoff
Were they floating Sow-th? Were they hogging the entire river? You remind me of the story about Du......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Linguistic Vagueness (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff
Hard to tell? You're not trying to be vague, are you, Z? ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Translation problems (in The Written Word) by Geoff
Slightly off topic, but has anyone here read, "Little Bee," by Chris Cleave? It begins with the mai......
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