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flaja · 06-19-2008, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

Ever heard of the word factitious?

I looked it up, but what’s your point?

classicman · 06-19-2008, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

Ever heard of the word factitious?

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Originally Posted by flaja

I looked it up, but what’s your point?

There was no point - it was a joke.

flaja · 06-20-2008, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by classicman

There was no point - it was a joke.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/factitious

1: produced by humans rather than by natural forces
2 a: formed by or adapted to an artificial or conventional standard b: produced by special effort : SHAM <created a factitious demand by spreading rumors of shortage>

So what is the joke?

glatt · 06-20-2008, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by flaja

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/factitious

1: produced by humans rather than by natural forces
2 a: formed by or adapted to an artificial or conventional standard b: produced by special effort : SHAM <created a factitious demand by spreading rumors of shortage>

So what is the joke?

You know damn well that classic meant "facetious."

You are going out of your way to be obtuse.

classicman · 06-20-2008, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

You know damn well that classic meant "facetious."

You are going out of your way to be obtuse.

LOFL - my spellcheck changed it - Holy crap thats really funny.

thanks Glatt!

flaja · 06-20-2008, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

You know damn well that classic meant "facetious."

You are going out of your way to be obtuse.

No I am not. The so-called joke simply bombed. I did not know the meaning of factitious, and before I looked it up I thought maybe it had something to do with political factions.

BTW: The spellchecker for MS Word does not change factitious to something else.

glatt · 06-20-2008, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by flaja

BTW: The spellchecker for MS Word does not change factitious to something else.

But in the Firefox web browser, the user is prompted to change "facitious" to "factitious."

lookout123 · 06-20-2008, 03:56 PM

only immoral people would fall for that glatt. don't believe me? ask flaja.

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