Posted on 09/12/2006 5:38:51 PM PDT by Conservababe
I heard this word used verbally in a sentence...it is not part of the "paradine". I have spelled it as I heard it, but have no idea of the spelling or meaning. I have tried to look it up using online dictionaries using different spellings with no luck.
Can someone help?
Ah ha! Thanks to all of you. I will try that spelling. Freepers are the greatest.
I hate you.
I hated that word. It was SO overused.
I could, but I would have to have a complete paradigm shift and think outside the box.
Sound good? Make me you CEO!
ROTHFLMAO.
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.
Forget "paradigm", all the cool kids are using "meme"!
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.
My favorite word: "Defenestration: a throwing of a person or thing out of a window"
Now there's a word!
Would this be an example of my #29?
A few posts by earnest freepers pointing out that it's "paradigm".
Now come the jokes!
"Thailand"?
paradigms come in two types, manual and automatic, depending on you want to shift your paradigm.
So what would "deforestration" consist of?
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!
;)
(welsh? irish?)
Siam?
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