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StrongBad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 11:42 AM Original message |
What is your favorite 10 dollar word? |
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WhataBildeberger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. 10 dollar word? |
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Moosenose (471 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. "infringed"... |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. Don't know what it means, but... |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. Epiphany |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 01:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Good choice! My favorite is.... |
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kimchi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. I like big words and I cannot lie... |
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ZenLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Obloquy |
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dad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
67. z |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 09:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
48. You must make this record |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. NANODIDACTIC |
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Throckmorton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Busneomediast |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. LOL! Cavuto is such a good fit at Faux |
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AnnabelLee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. Apocryphal |
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dad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
68. z |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. Serendipity |
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SPICYHOT (345 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 07:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
85. Damn! |
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MiddleRiverRefugee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. Intransigent |
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Allah Akbar (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. Discombobulated |
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FuriousMNDem (447 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. Chi-n-chi-ku-ri-n |
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SPICYHOT (345 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 07:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
86. benri |
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catpower2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. Ubiquitous... |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 11:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
58. I see that word everywhere |
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catpower2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 08:21 AM Response to Reply #58 |
75. Ow! |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. Heinous... |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
16. Eleemosynary |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. "agon" is so loved by literary critics |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. Callipygian. |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I know what you mean |
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dad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
69. b |
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ZenLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:40 PM Original message |
Circumlocution |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. schadenfreude |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 01:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Exceptional word! |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 01:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Leave it to our Teutonic friends |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 11:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
60. And all this time I thought it was an Austrian pastry.... |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 05:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
83. The word for speed limit is Geschwindigkeitbegrenzung |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. Lubricity |
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NightTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. "Antediluvian" |
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Moosenose (471 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 07:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. doesn't that really mean... |
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NightTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 07:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Here's what Merriam-Webster's website had to say.... |
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dad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:18 AM Response to Reply #23 |
70. c |
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leftist_rebel1569 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. Pornorails |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
25. Salubrious |
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StrongBad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. There are some great words here |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. "gestalt" |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
30. I like "corpulent". |
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Ramsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 11:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
62. I used to call people that in high school |
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The Blue Flower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
31. all-time favorite word |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. Floccipaucinihilipilification |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 01:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. You stole my favorite... |
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cosmicdot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
35. wouldn't say it's a $10 word - "confluence" |
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monkeyboy (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
36. Histrionic |
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dpbrown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
37. Kakistocracy - government by the worst |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
38. The long form of tryptophan synthetase A protein |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 11:29 PM Response to Reply #38 |
61. They're right....if you say it loud enough it sounds quite atrocious |
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R Hickey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 11:36 PM Response to Reply #38 |
65. I won a spelling bee with that word once. |
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MrMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
39. Decabucks! |
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Spirochete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
41. sawbuck |
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dad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:22 AM Response to Reply #41 |
71. Main Entry: saw·buck |
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Moosenose (471 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
42. Obfuscatory.... |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
44. tumefacient: |
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BritishHuman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:37 PM Response to Reply #44 |
77. How sesquipedalian they all are! |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 05:15 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. I haven't noticed that you particularly mind |
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Best_man23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
45. Egregious |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
46. Plethora |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
47. Nibelung |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
49. What else? Sesquipedalian |
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whirlygigspin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 10:15 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Nympholepsy |
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Shanty Oilish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 11:20 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Tintinnabulation |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 03:06 PM Response to Reply #49 |
79. You beat me to it! |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
50. Entrepreneur |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 10:15 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. And it's |
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thx1138A (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
53. Panglossian |
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iluvchicago86 (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
54. supercalafragalisticexpialidocious |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 11:11 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I mentioned that in post 3, above. |
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are_we_united_yet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
56. substantive |
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Ramsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
59. Disestablishmentarianism |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
63. "Misunderestimate" --- Wish I could take credit for it. |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
64. nugatory |
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R Hickey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-03 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
66. Quagdad |
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Dirty Hippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
72. Fig Newton |
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OurMorale (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
73. 2 actually, both of foreign derivations |
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Moosenose (471 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
74. Upgefucked. |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
76. Sesquipedalian |
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BritishHuman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 05:00 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. You, me and UndisclosedLocation |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
78. Perspicacious |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
82. Exsanguinate... |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
84. Duplicitous |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
87. Antidisestablishmentarianism |
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Shanty Oilish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
88. Diaeresis is good |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
89. facetious |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-03 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
90. perfidy |
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