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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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 Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:35 am Post subject: Re: hmm |
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| Herbie wrote: |
| The Cosmic Hum wrote: |
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ditto |
as in: "me, too" and "me neither". |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:40 am Post subject: |
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| SPINOZA wrote: |
Euphemism: many posters in this thread have used it as a platform for expressing concerns about language-use that - whilst being outside the category of 'euphemism' - are pressing issues that deserve serious consideration.
Disphemism/reality: Many English teachers on Daves clearly don't know what a euphemism is. |
wet blanket, party pooper, killjoy, language Nazi, purist,
As in= Spinoza  |
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Fresh Prince
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: The glorious nation of Korea
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| Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:58 am Post subject: |
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"wardrobe malfunction"
What exaclty is that? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:02 am Post subject: |
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| Fresh Prince wrote: |
"wardrobe malfunction"
What exaclty is that? |
A successful attempt to deflect all attention from the person who did it, Justin Timberlake, and toward the person whose clothing was ripped off, Janet Jackson. Classic blame the victim. Remember: it was JUSTIN who coined the term!! Bloody genius. The headlines became: "Janet Jackson's Wardrobe Malfunction" and all animosity toward her... he became like teflon and the issue of him doing the gimmicky yanking off didn't stick, didn't even register. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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Sunshine Policy
Gives the impression that they had diplomacy in mind, but in fact they were throwing tons of cash to North Korea in the hopes that it would delay its collapse in order to protect the South Korean economy. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| "undocumented immigrant" == illegal alien |
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Bondrock
Joined: 08 Oct 2006
Location: ^_^
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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"I for one"
Perhaps not a euphemism, but certainly superfluous and unnecessary...
Similar is "because of the fact that.... or due to the fact that" usually used in an attempt to bolster an opinion |
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stevemcgarrett
Joined: 24 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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Bondrock:
Yeah. Along those same lines, I cringe when I hear "very true." |
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