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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:44 PM Original message |
What is an archaic word you'd like to see come back into common usage? |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. Rabbit-sucker. It was an insult in Shakespeare's day. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
80. It didn't refer to rabbits. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Problem", but most people would have an "issue" with that |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Or "learning opportunities". |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Or "challenge." |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Knave. |
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My Good Babushka (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Rake, rakehellish |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I kind of like "betwixt" |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
81. I use that all the time. |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. Liberal. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. I hear that's akin to a swear word these days. |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. "swive" |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Forsooth! I heartily agree. |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. Flibbertygibbet. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. A will-o-the-wisp? A clown? |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Those too, but more generally... |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
65. That was a "Sound of Music" reference |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. Ahh, I'd forgotten about that. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Even the goatherd marionette yodel song? |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:18 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Yodel-ay yodel-ay... |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. I think I've doomed myself, too. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. Hooligan |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. Freedom. |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Oh, please. That's just another word for "nothing left to lose". |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. That word is "surrender". |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. strumpet |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. "dollymop" is a good one too. |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
45. Hah! That was the first word that popped into my head! n/t |
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Release The Hounds (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. Cat's pajamas |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I'm pretty sure I left them by the bee's knees |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Careful |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. I used that in a post a few weeks ago. Is that archaic? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. "yclept" |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. Doth... |
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reyd reid reed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
21. Zounds! |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I like zounds, but gardyloo sounds like something involving George Michael. |
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reyd reid reed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. It's a warning cry |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
68. Bravo! |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. That Abba song? |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
78. Just don't stand under an open window |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. Forthwith. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
24. "forasmuch" and "methinks" are two of my favs.... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. Wind, for flatulence. It would add new dimensions to a couple of pop songs. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
30. "Whence" and "whither". |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Just make sure no one says "from whence." That would be irksome. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
61. I'm a big fan of "Guys And Dolls", but I have to supress a cringe when |
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AccessGranted (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
35. flabbergasted, befuddled and tomfoolery |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Those are archaic? |
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AccessGranted (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. That's okay |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Tomfoolery is an especially fun word. |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
38. Sackbut. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
39. Hey! Check out this fun list.... |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #39 |
57. Thank you! those are wonderful! |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
42. By Jove |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
43. fisticuffs |
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reyd reid reed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
44. Oooh...another one.... |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
46. Sluggard. Because lazy has lost it's punch. |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. slugs are cute |
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reyd reid reed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 12:24 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Ugh |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #51 |
73. lemme 'splain |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
47. bitchin', trippy, far out, get bent, |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
48. breeches |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
50. cuckold. |
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DeposeTheBoyKing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
52. Forsooth! |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
53. wax and wane |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
54. Where I come from, a sistren is where you keep the rainwater |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
55. Wench |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #55 |
60. That would be cool. "Hi, my name is Mindy and I'll be your bar wench tonight" |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #55 |
76. i fuckin' tried it dude, i got slapped |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
56. Hornswoggle |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 08:24 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Gallimaufry: |
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Mendocino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
59. Cattywampus |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
62. Please, thank you |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
63. daffadowndilly |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
64. Gams (for legs) |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
66. Popinjay, jackanapes, fowlpest, adumbate |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
67. "Whilst." Used it in an e-mail to some snotty co-workers and smiled. |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
69. swain |
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argyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-22-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
70. How about "dame" for woman? In the 40's B&W noir flicks with a guy like Bogie referring to |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
77. Demimonde |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
79. Tomfoolery and shenanigans. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
82. My favorite word: zarf. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
83. "bloviate" |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
84. Wastrel |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
85. Poltroon |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
86. Rapscallion. |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
87. Moxie |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
88. wyrd |
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Sentath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
89. pled |
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Sentath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. I'm kicking |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
91. "Thence," and "Gloriosky, Zero!" |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
92. "usward" |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
93. Right-On! |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
94. nipplelicious |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
95. Yonder |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
96. Tarry: To pause or wait. "We'll tarry here for awhile. |
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