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my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to,
Tue 1 Apr 2008, 14:25,
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I stand by what I saidIt got into the OED because if any word is "adopted" and is in common use it ends up there.
So you are right too and I am a pedant.
(So you are right too and I am a pedant.
Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH,
Tue 1 Apr 2008, 14:33,
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Fair enough.I don't worry too much about the origins of words, so long as everyone knows what's meant by it.
But yes, you're probably right.
(But yes, you're probably right.
my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to,
Tue 1 Apr 2008, 14:36,
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it's in dictionary.comwhy look it up in a thesaurus rather than a dictionary?
And I can assure you, it's not a recent addition to the language through common usage.
(And I can assure you, it's not a recent addition to the language through common usage.
Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Tue 1 Apr 2008, 14:52,
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But it's not real......if it's not in the Thesaurus!
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Xenctuary ~xenc.,
Tue 1 Apr 2008, 18:15,
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