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Sat Jan-15-05 10:41 AM
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123. feel free to look in a dictionary

You don't know the definition of puritan. When I said puritan, I meant

adj.
Of or relating to the Puritans or Puritanism.
puritan Characteristic of a puritan; puritanical.
<The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.>

puritan

adj : morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior" n 1: adheres to strict religious principles; opposed to sensual pleasures 2: a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
< WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University>

If I meant christian fundamentalist southern baptist right winger evangelist I would have said that.

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