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Old 06-03-2008, 08:28 PM   #136
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conflation....
Oh, yes, I like that word. I've used it to address paranoia and insecurity (not my own, of course) by suggesting that some affected acquaintances "not conflate isolated incidents into a pattern".

There are patterns though. They really are all out to get me (though I don't know why they're bothering).

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Old 06-04-2008, 02:37 PM   #137
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They really are all out to get me (though I don't know why they're bothering).

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Cuz you're cuuuuute, of course! Just relax and enjoy the chase. (I know; I know -- you're not in the market or even in the same race. This is called window shopping!)
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Old 06-04-2008, 08:56 PM   #138
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Cuz you're cuuuuute, of course!
Is it the Hanuman mask or the beanie that does it?

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Just relax and enjoy the chase. (I know; I know -- you're not in the market or even in the same race. This is called window shopping!)
If someone starts using a picture of Laurence Fishburne as their avatar, I'm going to be all over that window like a leach on a leg-vein.

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Old 06-05-2008, 06:39 AM   #139
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yeah, Laurence Fishburne is a hottie. particularly ca. The Cotton Club (excellent film, and not *only* because of Laurence Fishburne).
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Old 06-05-2008, 08:58 AM   #140
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Old 06-05-2008, 09:02 AM   #141
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i wondered why it suddenly got so warm in here.
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Old 06-05-2008, 09:04 AM   #142
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Well, never let it be said that the pshrynk is not accomodating to all his friends.
Oh dear, I've come over all faint. I think I'll just have a glass of water and a lie-down...

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Old 06-05-2008, 09:07 AM   #143
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What be this thread about, again?
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Old 06-05-2008, 09:14 AM   #144
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Fishburned - to come over all speechless, hot and bothered at the sight of your favourite celebrity. Sometimes also called "Getting your Jolies".

Now, seriously, I'm going to go have a lie down...but only to read and sleep.

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Marc (okay, maybe I just made these up, but I stand by my vocabulary)
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Old 06-05-2008, 09:18 AM   #145
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Flabergasted
At the utter drivel, and occasional tripe
That purports to be sane conversation on this plane of existence we all
strive to live on...

Good chocolates to you all...
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Old 06-05-2008, 09:19 AM   #146
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Hey!

Can I have a "User CP" link at the bottom of the page, cause when I post I'm usually down at the bottom and I get fed up of scrolling back up to the top...
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Old 11-09-2008, 10:27 PM   #147
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Old 11-10-2008, 01:30 AM   #148
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Hey!

Can I have a "User CP" link at the bottom of the page, cause when I post I'm usually down at the bottom and I get fed up of scrolling back up to the top...
Press the "Top" button, bottom right, and it'll fast track you to the top quicker than you can say "ramekin".

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Old 11-10-2008, 03:09 AM   #149
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"quondam" is quite an interesting one. It is, of course, just a straightforward Latin word meaning "formerly" or "at one time", but although it was in everyday use in 19th century novels (Dickens uses it a lot) it seems to be a word that's completely fallen out of current usage - I think you'd struggle to find anyone who knows what it means today.

I don't think it's simply down to the fact that hardly anyone learns Latin in school any more - English still uses a lot of Latin words and expressions, such as "vice versa", despite that fact. "quondam" just seems to have stopped being used, curiously enough.
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Old 11-10-2008, 03:19 AM   #150
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Isn't quondam, a bit like quidam, used in legalese? In German you quite often find those two in law-speak but then again german and french lawyers might just be bragging about their latin knowledge.
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