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by Bailey
Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:11 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: slavic
Replies: 9
Views: 17252

Re: slavic

funny what you learn when you get old.
B.
Some of us haven't had to wait that long.

Slava
ah, so nice
by Bailey
Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:42 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: slavic
Replies: 9
Views: 17252

slavic

{quote]slave (slv) n. 1. One bound in servitude as the property of a person or household. 2. One who is abjectly subservient to a specified person or influence: "I was still the slave of education and prejudice" Edward Gibbon. 3. One who works extremely hard. 4. A machine or component cont...
by Bailey
Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:05 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: YEOMAN
Replies: 5
Views: 9758

yeah who bats bricks or having a bat made from brick, wel it's just plain silly.

mark bats-in-the-brickyard Bailey
by Bailey
Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:59 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: YEOMAN
Replies: 5
Views: 9758

Geezer, I believe I heard Mrs. Geezer say the same. that men are woe for her.

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by Bailey
Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:57 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: Non-plussed
Replies: 10
Views: 15146

Should that pay dividends?
or rent!

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by Bailey
Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:27 am
Forum: Res Diversae
Topic: For those who know everything
Replies: 3
Views: 10744

For those who know everything

I did not author this so remember if you want to argue any point, It's not my info. I'm just the messenger The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for Blood plasma. *********************************************** No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven (7) times....
by Bailey
Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:57 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: oubliette
Replies: 7
Views: 14056

There are real oubliettes in old castles in Europe. This is a real thing not just something in 'THE MOVIES'. People were dropped in these small brick rooms and left there.

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by Bailey
Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:02 pm
Forum: Res Diversae
Topic: too much "there"?
Replies: 1
Views: 7163

too much "there"?

WHEN THERE'S TOO MUCH THERE THERE In the writing game, everybody has to have an irk. Am I being fastidious or merely fussy in my irk against "there"? A few weeks ago The New York Times' editorial writers backed repeatedly into their morning lectures. "There is a lot of talk that Sen....
by Bailey
Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:31 pm
Forum: Res Diversae
Topic: Tagline Graveyard
Replies: 155
Views: 771387

I like that quote a lot, how did you manage to get the whole thing in your taglines?

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by Bailey
Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:44 am
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: shingle
Replies: 4
Views: 8520

Re: shingle

mark hanging-out-my-shingle Bailey Ouch- n. 4 Shingles- common name for herpes zoster - an outbreak of rash or blisters on the skin caused by the varicella-zoster virus (the same virus that causes chickenpox) Still want to hang out with the schwinging shingles? I was thinking about the disease rath...
by Bailey
Sun Jun 01, 2008 11:37 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: shingle
Replies: 4
Views: 8520

shingle

shin·gle 1 (shnggl) n. 1. A thin oblong piece of material, such as wood or slate, that is laid in overlapping rows to cover the roof or sides of a house or other building. 2. Informal A small signboard, as one indicating a professional office: After passing the bar exam, she hung out her shingle. 3...
by Bailey
Sun Jun 01, 2008 11:12 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: trebuchet
Replies: 9
Views: 19458

I like lots of fonts available too but haven't used trebuchet, I like comic sans.

mark old-thing-[snort] Bailey
by Bailey
Sun Jun 01, 2008 5:28 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: GUMPTION
Replies: 8
Views: 13524

used this word with the same irony and whimsy which they used with Yiddish expressions,
Irony/Whimsy, yeah they are our favorite things around here.

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by Bailey
Sun Jun 01, 2008 12:18 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: TUFFET
Replies: 5
Views: 9388

Yes, I noticed that too, and instantly hoped no one would sit on your head.

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by Bailey
Thu May 29, 2008 7:39 pm
Forum: Good Word Suggestions
Topic: trebuchet
Replies: 9
Views: 19458

Gee, Jeff you work too hard you'll burn out if you go at it this hard.... :lol: 'sides you're making us look bad, That said, I am gad at least someone is posting in here.

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