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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 12:02 AM
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"Fungible" - sounds pornographic, doesn't it?
fun·gi·ble (fnj-bl)
adj.

1. Law. Returnable or negotiable in kind or by substitution, as a quantity of grain for an equal amount of the same kind of grain.
2. Interchangeable.

n.

Something that is exchangeable or substitutable. Often used in the plural.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=fungible
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 12:06 AM
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1. Sounds like "that which can be smelled." (nt)
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 12:08 AM
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2. Sounds to me like it describes something
that fungi can grow on.
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FuzzySlippers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 12:08 AM
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3. It cracked me up
every time I heard it in law school. That and "bifurcated".
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 12:29 AM
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5. Bifurcate doesn't do it for me, but "bilabial fricative" does
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 12:09 AM
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4. My ex-brother-in-law used to use it in such a way
though he knew its actual meaning.
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