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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 10:30 PM
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Words that should mean something other than what they mean
"handsome" - why the fuck does this mean "attractive?" What possible combination of the words "hand" and "some" yield "attractive?"
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 10:31 PM
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1. yeah, like dodgeball
:wtf:
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Bok_Tukalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 10:34 PM
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2. Right
I've never liked that word when applied to a political philosophy.
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CelticWinter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 10:35 PM
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3. driveway and
parkway
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liberalhistorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 11:11 PM
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19. Why do we drive in a parkway
and park in a driveway? :evilgrin:
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CelticWinter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 11:16 PM
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22. lol
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:07 AM
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31. "and why do they call them buildings
when they are already built?"
from Gallagher, of course, of course.
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 10:41 PM
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4. Windbreaker.
I mean, they don't actually break wind.
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 10:42 PM
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5. turnpike
:wtf: :wtf: :wtf:
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jellybelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 10:44 PM
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6. sandwich....pancake.....crackerjacks
It's not a bunch of crackers named jack in the box...:shrug:
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 10:54 PM
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11. Of course you know that Lord Sandwich
invented the sandwich, and maybe the Pancake family invented pancakes. It is possible. Also Thomas Crapper invented the outhouse. So,... what if Crapper had invented the sandwich and Lord Sandwich had invented the outhouse?
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 10:56 PM
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12. But a pancake IS a little cake you make in a pan.
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jellybelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 11:03 PM
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14. but it's not a PAN cake...
who eats cake made of pans?:P
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 11:08 PM
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18. No, but it's made IN a pan, hence the name. Now for silly, I propose
flapjacks. Why are pancakes sometimes called flapjacks? Who is Jack and why does he flap? Do we really want to EAT a flapjack?
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jellybelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 11:18 PM
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23. a lot of weird terms involve 'jack' or 'john'
....can't think of anything other than crackerjacks but I'm sure there are more:silly:
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:05 AM
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30. not flapjacks or johnnycakes? n/t
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 10:44 PM
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7. Sorry, but you asked for this: "Spankydork" - how does that
come to mean someone who is actually quite cromulent? :P
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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 11:00 PM
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13. Depends on
a dorkette knowing how to answer the question "who's yer daddy?" :evilgrin:
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 11:04 PM
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16. Who's the dorkette? And who's my daddy?
:P
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Ready4Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 10:44 PM
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8. Inconceivable!
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Ready4Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 10:48 PM
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9. I think handsome is like "well crafted"?
As in something crafted by a skilled craftsman, who are often said to have good hands?

Or maybe that's completely wrong?
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 11:06 PM
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17. no: hand some of that piece of ass over here
:P
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 10:50 PM
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10. the dictionary says it came from handsom
meaning "easy to handle", so perhaps it meant "easy on the eyes".
I think sniglet is itself a sniglet that is not a very good one. To me, it sound like some kind of gum that comes in sqaure pieces instead of in sticks. Or it sounds like something done to your underwear in grade school (which we called a "snuggie" where I come from).
What about inflammable?
Why does it mean the same thing as flammable?
Also isn't supernummerary superfluous and isn't it even more so that some people use supererogatory as a synonym to both of them?
I still think that remuneration should be spelled renumeration, after all what the heck is "muneration"?
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Kurt Remarque Donating Member (709 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 11:15 PM
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21. thank god!
for your illustration - dictionaries good things
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 11:04 PM
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15. ooh man I love doing this shit
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liberalhistorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 11:13 PM
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20. Pussyfoot!
Who the hell ever thought up such a combination? And why the hell does it mean "wimpy?" It actually sounds like some kind of VD, frankly.

Hi, SBP! :hi: :toast:
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Orangepeel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:09 AM
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32. I thought it came from walking like a cat...
treading lightly as they do
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fluffernutter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 11:20 PM
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24. nosegay
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fluffernutter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 11:33 PM
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25. strawberry
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 11:44 PM
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26. Falafel
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FuzzySlippers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 11:52 PM
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28. You mean it should really be loofah?
I do think O'Lielly should really pick one or the other and not use them interchangeably.
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 11:55 PM
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29. Bingo!
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Undercover Owl Donating Member (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 11:52 PM
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27. shampoo
I hate when people say "nugget" of wisdom...nugget sounds like a piece of poop.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 12:23 AM
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33. Buffalo Wings
C'mon people, it could work!
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