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- Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:22 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: CONFABULATE
- Replies: 45
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- Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:09 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: CONFABULATE
- Replies: 45
- Views: 45318
- Mon Feb 06, 2012 5:25 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: CONFABULATE
- Replies: 45
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on confabulation and garden slugs
Garden slugs are rather like Gertrude Stein's Oakland: there's no There there. Mostly lotsa slime and goosh. However, one slug mating procedure I just happened to observe was rather lyrical, and I wrote a poem about it with a prosaic title, Slug Love. Revisiting confabulate, I realized that the seco...
- Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:57 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: CONFABULATE
- Replies: 45
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On wurds and cats
Indeed I am (not TOO obvious, eh?), along with harboring a fondness for most critters, except perhaps scorpions and garden slugs. Although I do find them quite interesting. I just prefer to not share proximity with them. Thanks for asking, and for the welcome.
- Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:50 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: CONFABULATE
- Replies: 45
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on confabulate
As a child growing up in the Intermountain Western part of the US, I often heard the word "confab" (with emphasis on the first syllable) used in extended family casual conversation. It meant to have a discussion or talk about something. I always just assumed that it was a colloquialism unt...