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01-30-2014, 11:07 AM | #31 |
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I understand that Merks have most euphemisms for money and murder and Brits for sex and bathroom acts.
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01-30-2014, 11:08 AM | #32 |
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....I could turn round and grab one of my slang dictionaries other than the profanisaurus, I guess
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01-30-2014, 03:13 PM | #33 |
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Be still my beating heart! You have more than one slang dictionary?
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01-30-2014, 05:23 PM | #34 |
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I was kinda impressed, too.
But, seeing as she's a transplant, it kinda makes sense, too.
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01-30-2014, 10:43 PM | #35 |
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I think I have 4 maybe? I love words and dictionaries. I have rhyming dictionaries, antique dictionaries, various Oxfords, Websters, Scrabble dictionaries from both countries... I have no idea how many I have
/hoarder
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01-31-2014, 08:03 AM | #36 |
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Do you have any of Eric Partridge's books? I seem to recall ha had a massive book on slang or etymology.
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01-31-2014, 09:11 AM | #37 |
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01-31-2014, 02:27 PM | #38 |
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not sure. but now i'll look out for them, thanks
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01-31-2014, 04:27 PM | #40 |
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Dinner grinder.
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02-03-2014, 07:14 AM | #41 | |
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02-04-2014, 09:10 AM | #42 | |
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I heard you like euphemisms... from the New York Times;
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02-04-2014, 09:56 AM | #43 |
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The dank and tufted regions of my soul
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