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xoxoxoBruce · 05-15-2004, 05:24 PM

Sliver, corporal and cunth, are close enough.

Clodfobble · 05-15-2004, 05:26 PM

I've always figured "pilfer" was close enough for silver too.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-15-2004, 05:28 PM

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Originally posted by Slartibartfast
So we have orange and purple as non-rhyming words. Who the hell named our colors????

Wasn't a poet.

lumberjim · 05-15-2004, 07:58 PM

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Originally posted by Clodfobble
door hinge

this depends on how you pronounce orange.

I say 'AAARNJ' one sylable .......now that i've said it repeatedly, i'm pretty sure that it isn't a word at all.

When you repeat a word, it loses it's connotation. try saying "north" over and over 20 or 30 times.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-15-2004, 08:32 PM

Well, if you're not going to speak English, all bets are off.

OnyxCougar · 05-16-2004, 11:34 AM

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Originally posted by sycamore

I had a schedule like that when I worked at a call center. God, I hated that schedule...and that job.

Such is my life.

lumberjim · 06-03-2004, 03:48 PM

why do moths fly towards the light?

jinx · 06-03-2004, 04:01 PM

in the li-i-ight... everybody needs the light... ooo-oohh yea-eah... everybody.. everybody...

limey · 06-03-2004, 04:49 PM

In Scots English there is a word "hirple" to rhyme with "purple". It means to hurry along in a limping manner (probably comes from the same root as to "hobble").
Just thought you'd like to know ....

LJ · 01-05-2008, 12:25 AM

why does RX stand for pharmacy?

Happy Monkey · 01-05-2008, 12:35 AM

Subcontracted to another knowledge pool.

Summary: Probably from Latin recipe, "to take".

wolf · 01-05-2008, 01:03 AM

We rarely use that one at work, but often document tx and sx ...

There are a LOT of weird medical abbreviations. My personal favorite is SCUT. So descriptive, yet so mysterious.

I have to be careful when I'm writing lists and things longhand that other people are going to have to use, because a lot of the medical abbreviations, while they make sense, like many kinds of industry specific shorthand, only do so when you have the context.

ZenGum · 01-05-2008, 01:24 AM

Is there a rhyme for "window"? Or "meringue"?

And is there a rhyme for "people" other than steeple? Because I am tired of song writers twisting hell out of the the flow of the lyrics' meaning to squeeze in a reference to a steeple.

DanaC · 01-05-2008, 05:26 AM

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Is there a rhyme for "window"? Or "meringue"?

Lindow (as in Lindow Man) and Harangue *grins*

DucksNuts · 01-05-2008, 05:38 AM

Whats SCUT, wolf?

05-15-2004, 05:24 PM	#31
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Sliver, corporal and cunth, are close enough. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-15-2004, 08:32 PM	#35
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well, if you're not going to speak English, all bets are off. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-03-2004, 03:48 PM	#37
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	why do moths fly towards the light? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-03-2004, 04:01 PM	#38
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	in the li-i-ight... everybody needs the light... ooo-oohh yea-eah... everybody.. everybody... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-03-2004, 04:49 PM	#39
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	In Scots English there is a word "hirple" to rhyme with "purple". It means to hurry along in a limping manner (probably comes from the same root as to "hobble"). Just thought you'd like to know .... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

05-15-2004, 05:26 PM	#32
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I've always figured "pilfer" was close enough for silver too.

01-05-2008, 12:25 AM	#40
LJ i am myself Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: via blackberry, maybe Posts: 750	why does RX stand for pharmacy? __________________ Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show ... -C.Dickens

01-05-2008, 12:35 AM	#41
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Subcontracted to another knowledge pool. Summary: Probably from Latin recipe, "to take". __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-05-2008, 01:03 AM	#42
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	We rarely use that one at work, but often document tx and sx ... There are a LOT of weird medical abbreviations. My personal favorite is SCUT. So descriptive, yet so mysterious. I have to be careful when I'm writing lists and things longhand that other people are going to have to use, because a lot of the medical abbreviations, while they make sense, like many kinds of industry specific shorthand, only do so when you have the context. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-05-2008, 01:24 AM	#43
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Is there a rhyme for "window"? Or "meringue"? And is there a rhyme for "people" other than steeple? Because I am tired of song writers twisting hell out of the the flow of the lyrics' meaning to squeeze in a reference to a steeple. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-05-2008, 05:38 AM	#45
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Whats SCUT, wolf?

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