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interesting words

PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:50 am
by Otters Walk Among Us
Which of the following words have you used most recently?

PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:54 am
by Natephish
Juxtapose. Although I did use aposiopesis and lethologica today as well.

PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:05 am
by phillyidol
Juxtapose I was going for a drive. To get to the Bronx, I take the Whetsone bridge.

PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:16 am
by eight6
[quote][i]Originally posted by phillyidol[/i]
<br>Juxtapose I was going for a drive. To get to the Bronx, I take the Whetsone bridge.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:20 am
by i_like_lectric_motors
Alpaca bowl on 4/20 !!!

PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:22 am
by ben_at_work
I use Photoshop everyday at work so, I'm always Juxtaposing something or another. [:D]

PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:57 am
by ExRat
I think I used "bastion" the other day when I was describing Allentown, PA. "Bastion of white-trash crackheads" I think was the sentence.

PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:41 am
by Otters Walk Among Us
The related challenge is to figure out if any of those words were used in new wave songs (or any songs, for that matter). The list can't be too long.

I know portend was used in a new wave song (anyone know?), and the Super Furry Animals tune "Juxtapos

PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:48 am
by egg-roger
A couple of days ago I told my daughter that her friends present "a formidable bastion of stupidity, unassailable by logic and reason." She asked for the def of bastion. I'm glad she can still learn something from the old man.

PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:57 pm
by manekineko
This time of year I use "fiddlehead" often, as the tender, young shoot of the fiddlehead fern is quite the spring delicacy here in Maine. They will emerge from the cold ground within the next few weeks and then show up in the markets. Fiddleheads are de

PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:07 pm
by Bitter Almonds
Home is the last bastion of sanity after a long week of the disquieting apathy this university is renown for[8D] The juxtaposition between life and death I encounter almost on a weekly basis.

PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:55 pm
by DearGod
TURGID


....... there's an interesting word

PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:54 pm
by Otters Walk Among Us
[quote][i]Originally posted by manekineko[/i]
<br>This time of year I use "fiddlehead" often, as the tender, young shoot of the fiddlehead

PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:08 am
by Rubbeet921
LOL!!!

PostPosted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:52 pm
by buffalochipz
[quote][i]Originally posted by Otters Walk Among Us[/i]
<br>The related challenge is to figure out if any of those words were used in new w