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Devra (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 07:11 PM Original message |
words that make people sound intelligent |
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Devra (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. how about cacophony |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thrombolysis |
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BurgherHoldtheLies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. "Vacillate" sounds intelligent...."flip-flop" sounds stupid |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 07:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. There is actually a technical term in the computer world |
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BurgherHoldtheLies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 07:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Sorry, I should have specified in the "04 political lexicon" |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. OOOhhhh... |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Hyperbole" |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm a Democrat |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 09:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. You must be brilliant! |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 09:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Of course... I know I used a phrase and not a word but.. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. self-deprecating |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. corpulent and pugilistic |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. Ascertain is one word that makes a person |
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SmileyBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. A phrase - "Be that as it may..." |
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the_spectator (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 08:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Don't agree here. It's too close to the kind of second-hand "legalese"... |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 08:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. But legalese can be intelligent if used by legal experts |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. exacerbation |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 08:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Doh! I should have read all the posts |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. proactive. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 08:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. I think it's a BS term |
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SofaKingLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. vociferous |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 07:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. That picture is just vulgar. |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. hubris. n/t |
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Callalily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. Culpable |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. Onomotopoeia. Always loved that one. |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
23. ubiquitous |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
25. perfidy. I just used that on DU today somewhere. n/t |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
26. Notwithstanding and irrespective in casual conversation. |
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necso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-30-05 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
29. Typically, none. /nt |
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