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Posted on 04/14/2013 7:57:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: Delta 21
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posted on
04/14/2013 9:40:31 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: SunkenCiv
and emits more light than it receives from the Sun.Okay, Uranus is officially blowing my mind.
To: Windflier
Powered by gravitational compression.
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posted on
04/15/2013 2:52:04 AM PDT
by
JCBreckenridge
(Texas is a state of mind - Steinbeck)
To: wastedyears
Massive is still a word used to describe size. No, it primarily is used to mean having a large mass.
massive
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/massive
mas·sive adjective \’ma-siv\
1 : forming or consisting of a large mass:
b : weighty, heavy
c : impressively large or ponderous
d : having no regular form but not necessarily lacking crystalline structure
2
a : large, solid, or heavy in structure
b : large in scope or degree
c (1) : large in comparison to what is typical
(2) : being extensive and severe
(3) : imposing in excellence or grandeur
3: having mass
mas·sive·ly adverb
mas·sive·ness noun
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posted on
04/15/2013 5:16:05 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/15/2013 8:44:08 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: Delta 21
I hate it when my morning Obama is tightly packed.
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posted on
04/15/2013 9:22:39 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: thackney
So what’s the ive for, then?
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posted on
04/15/2013 10:25:20 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(I'm a gamer not because I choose to have no life, but because I choose to have many.)
To: wastedyears
- suffix
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/-ive
1. ( forming adjectives ) indicating a tendency, inclination, character, or quality: divisive ; prohibitive ; festive ; massive
2. ( forming nouns of adjectival origin ): detective ; expletive [from Latin -Ä«vus ]
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posted on
04/16/2013 5:05:41 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: thackney
I think I know why I never cared much for English class.
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posted on
04/16/2013 10:12:59 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(I'm a gamer not because I choose to have no life, but because I choose to have many.)
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