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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-28-08 10:52 PM
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Words that would have vanished from American English if not for computers
Edited on Sun Dec-28-08 11:23 PM by Orrex
Real words. Not computer faux words like "abend."

I suggest "queue" and "fob."
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justabob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-28-08 11:05 PM
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1. query
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-28-08 11:07 PM
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2. agog. and
britches.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-28-08 11:21 PM
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3. archaic
used to describe my old Tandy 286. :P
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-28-08 11:24 PM
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4. It also occurs to me that the @ has been resurrected and would otherwise have disappeared
Except maybe from the stalls of produce vendors.
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