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Discussion Topic  Lexicographic Agenda (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
A funny joke from the Colbert Report tonight. Why did the gays have to use the word pride? Yet ano......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Germany by any other name (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Another relatively unknown country in Europe is named after a German tribe, the Angles....
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Discussion Topic  RE: What's your soc? (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
I've heard social as an abbreviation for Social Security Number quite a few times. Maybe I'm too re......
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Discussion Topic  Sally garden. (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Seanahan
This term appears to be Irish in origin, but googling doesn't seem to be helpful, as there are numer......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The World's Funniest Joke - II (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
Arnie, could you please explain for us mere mortals?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks, reinvigorated (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
Kalleh, I applaud your restraint. I couldn't have written a limerick that rhymed twice with limeric......
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Discussion Topic  Black Mariah (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I've heard this term in a couple on contexts, and was wondering if anyone knows the etymology. I kn......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks, reinvigorated (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
Good stuff, all around. The baseball one is a bit dry, but I like baseball, so it is memorable....
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Discussion Topic  RE: The World's Funniest Joke - II (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
Once I finally grasped the Camus joke, I tend to think that Bill Murray's character didn't really en......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Limericks, reinvigorated (in The Written Word) by Seanahan
If that limerick doesn't perfectly define the word "meter", then I don't know what does. Is there a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Word-spotting (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Stumbled across the imdb biography for Sally Rand, and found the word "ecdysiast". I hadn't heard i......
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Discussion Topic  Schadenfreude joke (in Potpourri) by Seanahan
On the Colbert Report(the Daily Show spin-off), there was a joke that many here would appreciate, al......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Word-spotting (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Yes, I noticed the Oedipal references when I posted that, but it was the best way to describe my dis......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Word-spotting (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bucket vs. Pail (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Of course, Jack and Jill fetched a "pail of water"....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bucket vs. Pail (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I don't distinguish between them in speech, although bucket is far more prevalent....
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Discussion Topic  RE: The world's funniest joke? (in Wordplay) by Seanahan
I think that last joke was said better(and more succinctly) by Twain. Plus, noboby with an about a ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Word-spotting (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
From Feist's Silverthorn, we get "the cell had been blanketed by some ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Apotheosis v. epitome (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
I first heard the word apotheosis from a Babylon 5 episode titled "Falling Towards Apotheosis" where......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bilbo (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Seanahan
Tolkien was a philologist, so I wouldn't be surprised if there was some meaning of bilbo which corre......
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