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I'm pulling my hair out trying to find a word and it's definition. Help?
Posted on 09/12/2006 5:38:51 PM PDT by Conservababe
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To: Larry Lucido
Ah ha! Thanks to all of you. I will try that spelling. Freepers are the greatest.
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:41:40 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Living His life abundantly.)
To: Syncro
I hated that word. It was SO overused.
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:41:44 PM PDT
by
bonfire
To: Conservababe
Can someone help?
I could, but I would have to have a complete paradigm shift and think outside the box.
Sound good? Make me you CEO!
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:41:53 PM PDT
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
To: TheBigB
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:41:55 PM PDT
by
LasVegasMac
(Islam........not fit for human consumption.)
To: Petronski
par‧a‧digm /ˈpærəˌdaɪm, -dɪm/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[par-uh-dahym, -dim] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. Grammar. a. a set of forms all of which contain a particular element, esp. the set of all inflected forms based on a single stem or theme. b. a display in fixed arrangement of such a set, as boy, boy's, boys, boys'. 2. an example serving as a model; pattern.
[Origin: 1475–85; < LL paradÄ«gma < Gk parádeigma pattern (verbid of paradeiknýnai to show side by side), equiv. to para- para-1 + deik-, base of deiknýnai to show (see deictic) + -ma n. suffix] —Synonyms 2. mold, standard; ideal, paragon, touchstone.
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:42:15 PM PDT
by
MPJackal
("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
To: Conservababe
Forget "paradigm", all the cool kids are using "meme"!
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:42:24 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
To: Conservababe
American Heritage Dictionary
par·a·digm (pr-dm, -dm)
n.
1. One that serves as a pattern or model.
2. A set or list of all the inflectional forms of a word or of one of its grammatical categories: the paradigm of an irregular verb.
3. A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline.
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:42:43 PM PDT
by
Zebra
To: Conservababe
It's a paradox.
To: Conservababe
"Paradigm" is so f'ing 90s....
My favorite word: "Defenestration: a throwing of a person or thing out of a window"
Now there's a word!
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:44:06 PM PDT
by
Cogadh na Sith
(There's an open road from the cradle to the tomb.)
To: Petronski
Would this be an example of my #29?
To: Conservababe
A few posts by earnest freepers pointing out that it's "paradigm".
Now come the jokes!
To: Conservababe
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:44:47 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("If you're going through Hell, keep on going! Don't look back ... if you're scared, don't show it!")
To: Conservababe
paradigms come in two types, manual and automatic, depending on you want to shift your paradigm.
To: Cogadh na Sith
So what would "deforestration" consist of?
To: Conservababe
I just knew when I looked at the responses on this thread that they'd all say the same thing. But it's still really funny to see!
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:45:15 PM PDT
by
verum ago
(To the UN:Diplomacy is useful only when backed by the threat of swift, merciless, and violent death.)
To: Cogadh na Sith
and there's a screen name!
;)
(welsh? irish?)
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:45:24 PM PDT
by
ZinGirl
To: Conservababe
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:45:29 PM PDT
by
Heyworth
To: Conservababe
To: TheBigB
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:45:43 PM PDT
by
decimon
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