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03-20-2009, 12:16 PM
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lobber of scimitars
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Lucky you. All I've got is a headful of really obscure shit that when used in conversation confuses people.
(I used "anathema" in a sentence at a party, I think it was to describe Budweiser, since I was into my third Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout. I eventually had to distill it down to "really, really bad thing."
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03-20-2009, 12:31 PM
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I can hear my ears
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I'm diggin this thread.
do go on
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03-20-2009, 12:47 PM
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Gone and done
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I once scared away a Friday Freshman by using the word "mercurial".
I also like "cogent" and "elucidate". 
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per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not. |
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03-20-2009, 01:21 PM
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dar512 is now Pete Zicato
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I'm fond of orthogonal and symmetric (I get to use those reasonably often in programming). I also like anecdotal and statistical anomaly. (stats related)
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03-20-2009, 02:46 PM
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is fleeing the scene
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When all else fails, I try to use the word poop in a sentence. I just like the way it sounds.
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03-20-2009, 02:54 PM
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Gone and done
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per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not. |
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03-20-2009, 02:54 PM
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
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03-20-2009, 02:56 PM
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For a while I was stuck on everything being incongruent. Also, many things are ubiquitous, or ostensibly something. My coversations frequently include things that subsequently happened (although I could probably just have said "then" something happened). I noticed recently that I've been using the word homogenous to describe a certain aspect of proper aesthetics that most people probably refer to as being "balanced" (although I'm not sure this covers the full spectrum of this application of homogenous).
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03-23-2009, 12:24 AM
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Doctor Wtf
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When people ask me, what's up? I simply reply: A direction away from the focus of the local gravitational field.
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03-23-2009, 05:55 AM
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polaroid of perfection
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My counsellor told me I use words she has never heard before. I thought and thought and thought about what they might be. I came up with obsequious and disingenuous. There may have been more.
People should read more.
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03-23-2009, 05:59 AM
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
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