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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 08:39 AM
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Invent your own "ism"
For example:

billyskankism \bil-ee-skangk’-izm\, noun: Ability to locate loaf of bread esp. in times of famine or pestilence.
(archaic Scot. heavy wooden club; cudgel + Jamaic. dance with loose limbs)

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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 08:42 AM
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1. WTFism
The ability to post something that has absolutely no bearing on the subject at hand.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 09:00 AM
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2. That's so weird - I was just thinking of Dom Deloise!
Edited on Sat Jul-28-07 09:06 AM by Rabrrrrrr
Spooky.

And people say there is no God.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 09:59 AM
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6. Only athiests say there is no god.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 09:22 AM
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3. Lounge-ism.
Sometimes a good thread idea plummets for no obvious reason. Many potential witticisms are wasted.
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pagerbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 09:53 AM
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4. I thought that was Pagerism
Hilarious or insightful post dies immediately.
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VLC Donating Member (487 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 09:59 AM
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5. lactoterrorism
Making dairy products a staple of WIC and other programs for the underpriviliged, mainly minorities who have very high rates of lactose intolerance.

OK, so it's not a funny one.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 10:02 AM
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8. I did a paper on that last year
Giving four and a half gallons of milk, two pounds of cheese and two dozen eggs to populations with very high rates of obesity isn't exactly the best idea ever, either.

My proposal in the paper was to shift the program's emphasis to fresh produce.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 10:02 AM
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7. Olive Gardenism
The act of patronizing restaurants for the sole purpose of smoking, breastfeeding or letting small children run amuck.
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otherlander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 12:14 PM
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9. Fitibanaism
The belief system of Fitibana, derived from Ikebana, the japanese art of flower arangement. (Ike, arrangement + bana, flower)

Fitibana (Fiti, grafiti + bana, flower) is the delightfully unique combination of flower planting and vandalism.
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-28-07 12:38 PM
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10. inchwormism
A condition were you find yourself posting without wearing pants and drinking copious amounts of beer.
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