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on frak, samoritan said:
“http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/02/tv.what.the.frak.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview” more...
on fab, samoritan said:
“...also shorthand for "fabricate" more...
on dudgeons and dragons, samoritan said:
“There's always a spell available to keep your sword in one piece if you have a good wizard in your party.” more...
on squidney poitier, samoritan said:
“Guess what's coming to dinner?” more...
on squidney poitier, samoritan said:
“Guess who's coming to dinner?” more...
on krakenstein, samoritan said:
“A kraken is a giant squid.” more...
on squidware, samoritan said:
“Squindows, for example...” more...
on squid quid, samoritan said:
“I was in a social club (?) in high school called the Squid Squad. This was our official currency.” more...
on game, samoritan said:
“There is also "Ender's Game", a much-lauded science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card.” more...
on parkour, samoritan said:
“There is a video game coming out sometime this year (2008) that will enable parkour moves in a first person perspective. Called "Mirrors Edge", it...” more...
on the list Public List: A Horse is a Horse, samoritan said:
“Asprasil was a racehorse in a Wonderful World of Disney special I recall.” more...
on game, samoritan said:
“I have a large collection of computer games that I play regularly, (the PC variety not the shiny expensive console variety) but there has always been...” more...
on merry christmas, samoritan said:
“Season's Greetings to all!” more...
on bends, samoritan said:
“Bend it like Beckham...” more...
on bitch, samoritan said:
“This is the word I love to hate. It has gone from meaning a female dog to a vulgar reference to a angry woman to a mainstream reference for an...” more...
on the list Words that remind me of Monty Python, samoritan said:
“You need Killer Bunny ("look at the bones, mate!")” more...
on pit pony, samoritan said:
“My mind can't imagine anything sadder than a pit pony. Wikipedia has some info on them, evidently they were well taken care of.

Now I find myself...” more...
on fester, samoritan said:
“Fester Bestertester! I remember him! (said Uncle Fester)” more...
on duress, samoritan said:
“Why thank you!” more...
on duress, samoritan said:
The word "duress"
Seems to suggest
"Ur dress".
And "under duress",
"Under ur dress";
More or less.” more...
on unobtanium, samoritan said:
“Yes.. and don't forget swankonite!” more...
on skorange, samoritan said:
“This words only purpose is to give orange a word to rhyme with.
Use it as a placeholder word in a poem! It can mean anything you like.
It can...” more...
on laudanum, samoritan said:
“...Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona
For some California grass.
Get back, get back.
Get back to where you once belonged...” more...
on farce, samoritan said:
“Not for her!” more...
on unobtanium, samoritan said:
“Bicyclists use this term to describe material used in a bike frame or component that is way light and too expensive.” more...
on laudanum, samoritan said:
“Laudanum is opium and was once used as a pain reliever before people realized it was addictive. Samuel Taylor Coleridge was taking this when he went...” more...
on farce, samoritan said:
“The farce thickens... She's back in jail and quoted as saying, "I feel like I'm in a cage!" more...
on farce, samoritan said:
“Paris Hilton is out of jail! Justice for pretty people!” more...
on paradigm shift, samoritan said:
“40 years ago "Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" re-invented the rock album- or so we are being told in the news lately.” more...
on recumbent, samoritan said:
“I am a long-time bike nut. Recumbent bikes put your feet in a forward position as you lie semi-prone on it. Uses some different muccles than an...” more...
on clusterfuck, samoritan said:
“I've seen this word used as a synonym for the war in Iraq.” more...
on concupisent, samoritan said:
“adjective vigorously passionate syn: lustful” more...
on archetype, samoritan said:
“Ahhh Superheros! Few genres are better suited to studying archetypes. Take Bruce Wayne... This guy has issues up the wazoo. He fights crime, but...” more...
on the list Tess of the D'Urbervilles, samoritan said:
“Thomas Hardy had such a wonderful way with language! Thanks for this list!” more...
on the list The Awakening, samoritan said:
“An excellent novel, and one that captured the feelings of many woman at the time. Revolutionary to the point of being banned!” more...
on archetype, samoritan said:
“All archetypes have their roots in antiquity, but for the *most part* the anti-hero is a product of post-modernism. The anti-hero struggles with...” more...
on the list The Feminist Outcry, samoritan said:
“I have seen most of these words in general usage for a long time. A very good thing!” more...
on catassing, samoritan said:
“Online games are a bane for some people...” more...
on archetype, samoritan said:
“The anti-hero is an interesting modern day archetype.” more...
on paradigm shift, samoritan said:
“Happy 30th birthday STAR WARS! I left the theatre feeling that my fundamental outlook towards movies had changed... Gone was the squeaky-clean future...” more...
on falwellian, samoritan said:
“Pertaining to a dystopian society in which all thought and expression are controlled by a fundamentalist Christian sect.” more...
on falwellian, samoritan said:
“Pertaining to a dystopian society in which all thought and expression are controlled by a fundamentalist Christian sect.” more...
on guys, samoritan said:
“I’m not sure I would call feminist semiotics “frightening revisionism”. It is one of many well-established theories on language as a cultural...” more...
on guys, samoritan said:
“The only feminists that want superiority over men are the Amazon archetypes you see in books, movies and TV. (I hate to bad-mouth comic books,...” more...
on guys, samoritan said:
“Uselessness... your use of "radical" to preface the word "feminist" has got my attention. Many acute language scholars (for example)would identify...” more...
on paradigm shift, samoritan said:
“A fundamental change in approach or assumptions. Acceptance by a majority of a changed belief, attitude, or way of doing things.

Ok so it's 2...” more...
on guys, samoritan said:
“Uselessness, I appreciate your comments. As far as judging patriarchal language use as good or bad, I am an impartial student of language. I feel...” more...
on pellucid, samoritan said:
“This word has to be on my short list of all-time faves.” more...
on powerfuller, samoritan said:
“No, the word is "powerfuller" ;)” more...
on guys, samoritan said:
“Thanks for playing the Devil's Advocate, uselessness. It helps to clarify my muddled thinking! I'm really interested in word meanings that change...” more...
on guys, samoritan said:
“I think what my teacher meant was that writers, consciously or not, will use gender specific language to describe people or events. The recording of...” more...
on guys, samoritan said:
“In a feminist literature class I once took, I was told that in the broadest sense, there are no words that are not gender-specific. I see this word...” more...
on pale with penis, samoritan said:
“(n) My ex wife had a wonderful way with words. This is the blanket title she would give to a politican when the spirit moved her.” more...
on fou fou, samoritan said:
“Also fou-fou. Used to describe a "high society" event or person.” more...
on frickin, samoritan said:
“I've heard this word used since the late 90's, but it is starting to come into the mainstream now.” more...
on evanescence, samoritan said:
“Emily Dickinson used this word to refer to the delicate shine of color in a hummingbird:

A route of evanescence
With a revolving wheel;
A...” more...
on the bomb diggity, samoritan said:
“Street slang will use "bome" for bomb. I found it in a slang dictionary.” more...
on doomsters, samoritan said:
“Another word from Thomas Hardy's "Hap" see powerfuller. You can tell I like this poem...” more...
on instant classic, samoritan said:
“My favorite oxymoron! A true classic will withstand the test of time. This is really just a marketing term to sell Disney videos.” more...
on powerfuller, samoritan said:
“From Thomas Hardy's poem "Hap"

If but some vengeful god would call to me
From up the sky, and laugh: “Thou suffering thing,
Know that thy...” more...
on screwery, samoritan said:
“This word is begging for a limerick... Anyone want to try?” more...
on moxie, samoritan said:
“This is one of those words that I would love to see come back into general usage. It's just so retro!” more...
on crepuscular, samoritan said:
“In a strongly-worked essay on gun violence, Harlan Ellison once referred to Ronald Reagan as a "crepuscular old fart".” more...
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