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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-08 07:16 PM
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Is the word "aquitard" offensive?
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-08 07:19 PM
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1. leotard?
:hi:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-08 07:23 PM
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2. I think you're about to be hoisted on
something.



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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-08 07:24 PM
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3. Damn.
I was a minute too slow.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-08 09:59 PM
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5. O RLY?
:shrug:
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-08 10:03 PM
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6. Okay, it took me a minute
:rofl::rofl::rofl:
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-08 08:26 PM
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4. If the "-tard" derives from "leotard", no.
Edited on Thu Aug-21-08 08:27 PM by KamaAina
If it derives from "retard" (as in "Paultard" or "freeptard"), then, emphatically yes.

edit: added example
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-08 10:03 PM
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7. Only if you don't know what it means
Some of my physical geography students giggle at it - usually the same students who smirk at "homosphere"...
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:49 AM
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9. hehe
homosphere

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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:47 AM
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8. Please use it in a sentence
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:54 AM
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10. You groundwater bigot!
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