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- Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:07 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Ajar
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12439
- Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:39 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Ajar
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12439
- Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:41 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: CONJURE
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6362
Re: CONJURE
"Rosemarie's beauty conjured Vance's tongue to lay silent; he couldn't even utter her name."
Shouldn't one's tongue "lie" silent?
- Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:47 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: New Name for Posts
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12396
- Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:14 pm
- Forum: Idioms
- Topic: identical to/with
- Replies: 7
- Views: 44741
- Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:08 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Brain Food?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15015
- Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:42 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: TRICHOTILLOMANIA
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8732
- Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:38 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: New Name for Posts
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12396
New Name for Posts
I don't recall seeing her so far, so, in case she should come in handy:
Gladys Heck
Gladys Heck
- Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:32 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Brain Food?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15015
Brain Food?
In a local advertising newspaper, there was a column on how to lose weight and keep it off. One item suggested avoiding things in aluminum cans, because: "Aluminum can be absorbed by your colon and many nervous system disorders...are linked to excessive aluminum in delicate brain tissue." ...
- Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:34 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: dram
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13776
Bender
When I first saw "Bender" I had a completely different connotation in mind:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostap_Bender
He's extremely popular, and I actually don't think I've ever seen the other reference.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostap_Bender
He's extremely popular, and I actually don't think I've ever seen the other reference.
- Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:10 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: distill
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12180
- Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:47 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: True Peace?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6634
True Peace?
"...my mind as quiescent as a coat rack under a forgotten hat...." (Jerzy Kosinski, Steps)
- Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:28 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: distill
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12180
- Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:00 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: FLAG
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5618
Re: FLAG
"Many flags flew at half mast in New York when the Yankees lost the World Series." Okay, I give up. I can never be sure just how to use this one, though until now I'd convinced myself that the correct usage was "staff." So, I need a pneumatic device to remember this by. I know, ...
- Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:43 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: BODACIOUS
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7250