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Re: Word of the Day…

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the elephant wrote:The Word of the Day is:

unguent
Unquentine is still made.
I would elaborate more, but I don't want to be loquacious.
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Wade, I have no idea what that means.

I'm having enough problems here learning Filipino English

SURPLUS - - used, secondhand
FRESH - - liquid, not powder
LBM - - (loose bowel movement) diarrhea
CELLOPHANE - - plastic supermarket shopping bag
RESTO - - restaurant
RESTOBAR - - bar and grill
STRONG BEER - - malt liquor
CANO - - white person (short for Americano... they think all Americans are white and all white people are Americans)
CHOCO - - chocolate
CR - - (comfort room) rest room, toilet
DRESS - - clothing (You see a man wearing dress here and he's not wearing a dress.)
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the elephant wrote:I could taste the bile rising in my throat when I, in my vituperous state, discovered that my aglet had been stolen by a bulbous ornithoid with chronic scabies.
Bummer. Sucks. :cry:
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the elephant wrote:The Word of the Day (proactively for 7/24/09) is:

UPDATE
up⋅date  /v. ʌpˈdeɪt, ˈʌpˌdeɪt; n. ˈʌpˌdeɪt/ [v. uhp-deyt, uhp-deyt; n. uhp-deyt] verb, -dat⋅ed, -dat⋅ing, noun

What this thread will have tomorrow :shock: :D
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The word of the day for December 21, 2112 is "palindrome".
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the elephant wrote:
bloke wrote:The Word of the Day for December 21, 2012 is "apocalypse".
I will be calling in sick that day and sitting in the back yard drinking martinis. You are invited.

Yeah, that Mayan "Long Count" calendar is a real bitch.
I have a friend who sent out invitations for a Mayan End of the World Party over a year ago. This had better be some bash, 4 years in the making.
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bloke wrote:The Word of the Day for December 21, 2012 is "apocalypse".
Word.
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Todays word:

Otiose
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the elephant wrote:The Word of the Day is:

zeitgeist
I was thinking 'Schadenfreude', but 'Zeitgeist' will do.
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the elephant wrote:The Word of the Day is:

periodicity
Again? :wink:
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Kevin Hendrick wrote:
the elephant wrote:The Word of the Day is:

periodicity
Again? :wink:
... seems like every month! :shock:
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For yesterday, today, tomorrow and unfortuately as far into the future as I can imagine.


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Risible

Something I often feel when reading some posts.

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the elephant wrote:The Word of the Day is:

periodontics
Tusks bothering you again? :shock:
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the elephant wrote:I am falling way behind. Someone else get us caught up. We need words for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and today. HELP!
dude you just wrote at laest, like 6 words int this post

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Cogitate

I'm thinking, it' s something that Elephant, Bloke, Rick Denney, and many many other tubenetters do 24/7.
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Pettifogging.

Something your government probably does well.
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the elephant wrote:Sorry, been busy…

The Word of the Day (retroactively for 7/11/09) is:

windbreaker

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Pericope

As in - after reading the pericope, I was left in a quandary as to how to preach it.
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Absquatulate; I'd tell you what it means, but I really have to go.... :D
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