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helen1
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 Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 2:04 am Post subject: Favourite (U.S. favorite) words |
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OK ladies and gentlemen, what are your favourite English words:
Some of mine
-ish = around/about/more or less
blather = to talk foolishly
tad = a little
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bud
Joined: 09 Mar 2003
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I'm rather fond of tad and -ish myself.
In fact, I like rather a lot, too.
A fun phrase is screaming meemie (spelling? - means a person who is always yelling about something), but unfortunately (fortunately?) I don't have the opportunity to use it very often.
Many of my favorites would show up here as *beep*.  |
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helen1
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| Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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 - good one Bud
I've never heard of a screaming meanie before
We have a phrase I like a lot -
'To throw your toys out of the pram/cot'
To get angry - or have a childish tantrum - I of course have never done it!
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bud
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Me neither!
Good one, Helen. |
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Bob S.
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Bloviate!
Obsequious
Blather
Fabtabulous (not a real word)
Technobabble
Gobbledygook
Surrepticious
Conundrum
Labyrinth
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river1974
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| Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Bob, half of your favorite words could not be found in my dictionary. |
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