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RE: Learned a new word...
March 20, 2015 at 1:00 pm
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(March 20, 2015 at 12:14 pm)Judi Lynn Wrote: I tried googling that. No search results. Go figure. Now I have to ask, what is portmanteaus?
A portmanteau, in language, is a word made of parts of two words, where both the parts and the meanings of each word are preserved in the new word: spork is a portmanteau of spoon and f ork, and the word describes a utensil which has elements of both. Likewise, brunch is a combination of breakfast and l unch, and is a meal between the normal hours of each antecedent, often featuring dishes typical of both.
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March 20, 2015 at 1:23 pm
Got it now. I feel so stupid lol .
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RE: Learned a new word...
March 20, 2015 at 1:47 pm
No worries, learning is a good thing.
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March 20, 2015 at 2:07 pm
(March 20, 2015 at 1:23 pm)Judi Lynn Wrote: Got it now. I feel so stupid lol . It's not you fault if your google stands you up 
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RE: Learned a new word...
March 20, 2015 at 2:33 pm
Unfuckingbelievable.
With republicunts and gun nuts around I get to use that a lot.
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March 20, 2015 at 2:38 pm
I like Min's creativity with words. Conservatards, creatards, republicunts...
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RE: Learned a new word...
March 20, 2015 at 2:39 pm
"Fuckery" is a very apt descriptor for so many things.
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March 20, 2015 at 3:04 pm
(March 20, 2015 at 11:48 am)Ben Davis Wrote: Since I have a 4 y/o who has a penchant for learning swear words, I've started using the word 'Jeff' as a generic replacement for most, instead.
There's a classic film called Repo Man, starring Harry Dean Stanton, which is chock full of fucks, left right and centre. So some scenes were reshot as a cleaned up tv version. Unfortunately, the clean word they chose as a replacement was 'flip', which is rather a childish non-expletive - as in "flipping 'eck!" or "I don't flipping know!"
The highlight was when Stanton's rough, tough trucker character furiously yelled the classic line: "Yeah? Well, flip you!"
The incongruity was hilarious.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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March 20, 2015 at 3:06 pm
Yes. Yes it is.
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RE: Learned a new word...
March 20, 2015 at 3:14 pm
If we are talking about made up words that when we first hear them that end up making us fall out of our chair and spit coffee out of our noses, "Cumdumpster" a former co worker said to me and I laughed so hard I couldn't breath and was lucky I wasn't eating or drinking anything at the time.
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