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Suspence
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2003 7:46 pm    Post subject: 121 Reply with quote

Vinny's word in post 88 may explain why SaberKitty just posted the same word as Mathgrant did in post 108.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2003 8:29 pm    Post subject: 122 Reply with quote

i have no idea what you are talking about (insert innocent smiliey)
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Hitchhiker
Finally got a ride.



PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 11:35 pm    Post subject: 123 Reply with quote

protuberance n. Bump.

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Vinny
Promiscuous enough



PostPosted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 4:13 am    Post subject: 124 Reply with quote

misanthropist
n.

One who hates or mistrusts humankind.
A hater of mankind; a misanthropist.
someone who dislikes people in general.

philanthropist
n.

One who practices philanthropy; one who loves mankind, and seeks to promote the good of others.
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Vinny
Promiscuous enough



PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 6:16 pm    Post subject: 125 Reply with quote

FYI:

pro·mis·cu·ous
adj

Lacking standards of selection; indiscriminate.
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Hitchhiker
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 1:09 am    Post subject: 126 Reply with quote

absquatulate

v.

To depart in a hurry; abscond.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:02 am    Post subject: 127 Reply with quote

bread
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VinnyQ
Vi Ni Kiu



PostPosted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:17 pm    Post subject: 128 Reply with quote

I get to use the word accosted today! I wasn't sure if I was using it correctly or if it was the right word to use, so I looked it up in dictionary.com. Look what I found!

2 entries found for accosted.

ac·cost Audio pronunciation of "accosted" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (-kôst, -kst)
tr.v. ac·cost·ed, ac·cost·ing, ac·costs

1. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
2. To solicit for sex.


And yep, I did used it correctly and in the right context. I am so happeeh Revenge most foul!
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 2:06 pm    Post subject: 129 Reply with quote

So did she understand what you said to her? Wink
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:27 pm    Post subject: 130 Reply with quote

VinnyQ wrote:
I get to use the word accosted today! I wasn't sure if I was using it correctly or if it was the right word to use, so I looked it up in dictionary.com. Look what I found!

2 entries found for accosted.

ac·cost Audio pronunciation of "accosted" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (-kôst, -kst)
tr.v. ac·cost·ed, ac·cost·ing, ac·costs

1. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
2. To solicit for sex.


And yep, I did used it correctly and in the right context. I am so happeeh Revenge most foul!


It's all about popular usage... If someone demanded something from you (and it wasn't sex) then you're using a (now) archaic definition of accosted. :p (please note that that very well could be ONLY IMHO.)

AhhBut* wrote:
So did she understand what you said to her? Wink

Well of course... VinnyQ is a very smooth talking unplugged sex machine. Wink
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:37 pm    Post subject: 131 Reply with quote

you mean like this word Felicitous

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chau·vin·ism Audio pronunciation of "chauvinist" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (shv-nzm)
n.

1. Militant devotion to and glorification of one's country; fanatical patriotism.
2. Prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's own gender, group, or kind: “the chauvinism... of making extraterrestrial life in our own image” (Henry S.F. Cooper, Jr.).
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