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RE: Miscellaneous words
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For many years Obama's colleagues brayed on about the "well-funded" and "secure" "Social Security lo......
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July 16, 2011 10:02
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Quite literally "wing man." In the US in particular, a wing man is a best friend. When a fellow wa......
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July 13, 2011 14:58
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Not to be confused with Dagon......
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March 07, 2011 20:09
RE: Promiscuous
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Geoff: Good remembering. It seems I have repeated myself, in a different context: ......
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November 17, 2010 16:26
RE: Promiscuous
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From the "Wind and the Lion" ......
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November 17, 2010 14:33
"Yes, but can you make it THIS small?!"
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Ran across an article about the smallest legible font. ......
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November 17, 2010 14:30
RE: Unexpected Meanings from Sherlock Holmes
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The term triggered a sudden flashback to archaic scientific terms, a vision of what today might be c......
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June 23, 2010 20:18
RE: Theme: Unexpected Meanings in "Little Women"
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My favorite use of the word, from The Wind and the Lion. "Eden: And this is your way? Abducting wom......
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May 25, 2010 11:02
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Ceres' mother was Ops, of whom wiki says: ......
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April 24, 2010 13:54
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(Pyri)phlegethon shares an etymology with phlogiston theory, the precursor of modern chemistry's und......
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April 23, 2010 09:58
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Inspired by wordcrafter, found an excellent site which explains many of the chromatic phenomena. It ......
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November 03, 2009 20:28
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When in Siberia, beware the shatuny....
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November 01, 2009 18:33
RE: Why so dead?
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Seeing Proof's take on that set me looking, and here's what turned up: ......
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September 18, 2009 12:42
RE: Why so dead?
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"Are you sure?" "I'm tax serious!" "How did you know, detective?" "That clue was a tax giveaway." ......
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September 18, 2009 08:45
Why so dead?
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There are a number of expressions with "dead" as an unlikely modifier: dead certain dead eye dead g......
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September 18, 2009 05:18
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As the seat of will, the ventromedial prefrontal cortex is a personal favorite....
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August 24, 2009 18:35
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Asa - Yes, the one-humped version was in fact bred for speed... Proofreader - Is that why they call......
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August 23, 2009 12:23
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Interesting taxonomy (from Wikipedia): * potamodromous fish migrate within fresh water only (Greek:......
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August 23, 2009 03:41
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Supervolcanoes? Superheroes, superstars, supermodels, supersize it... No one without a superlative......
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August 18, 2009 09:34
RE: Wealth
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Yes, which is why so many cultures-in-diaspora (think Greeks and Armenians, overseas Chinese, and Je......
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