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Archae

(46,347 posts) Fri Oct 19, 2012, 12:15 PM Oct 2012

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Can someone help me out here?

What is a "crypto-" anything?

Heard a talking head on CNN this morning call Obama a "crypto-communist."

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Can someone help me out here? (Original Post) Archae Oct 2012 OP

Secret or hidden...(cryptographer=encoder or decoder) Surya Gayatri Oct 2012 #1

crypto- or crypt- tk2kewl Oct 2012 #2

Sounds scaAAAAAryyyyy deutsey Oct 2012 #3

Thanks much. Archae Oct 2012 #4

Crypto? abbyjo2001 Oct 2012 #5

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

1. Secret or hidden...(cryptographer=encoder or decoder)

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Fri Oct 19, 2012, 12:18 PM

Oct 2012

tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)

2. crypto- or crypt-

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Fri Oct 19, 2012, 12:18 PM

Oct 2012

crypto- or crypt-
pref.
Hidden; secret: cryptoclastic.
(From Greek kruptos, hidden, from kruptein, to hide.)

deutsey

(20,166 posts)

3. Sounds scaAAAAAryyyyy

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Fri Oct 19, 2012, 12:21 PM

Oct 2012

"Crypto" means "hidden" or "covered"

Archae

(46,347 posts)

4. Thanks much.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Fri Oct 19, 2012, 12:34 PM

Oct 2012

abbyjo2001

(7 posts)

5. Crypto?

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Fri Oct 19, 2012, 12:38 PM

Oct 2012

I think all repubs are psycho-assholes, is that something similiar? Hehe

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