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Words to Reintroduce to our Vocabulary

Posted on 05/13/2021 10:50:17 AM PDT by nikos1121

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To: null and void

LOL. It’s amazing how many ‘literate’ people misuse these words. Were they taught wrong or maybe they’re not as literate as I expected?


201 posted on 08/03/2022 3:17:58 PM PDT by upchuck (The longer I remain unjabbed with the clot-shot, the more evidence I see supporting my decision.)
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To: nikos1121
Dad-Gommit is a transposition of God Dammit. Perhaps seen as safer to say in certain company back in the day.
202 posted on 08/03/2022 3:20:25 PM PDT by Textide (Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
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To: HandyDandy
LSMFT = “Loose straps make flabby t___”

Or the original, LSMFT, "Lucky Strikes Mean Fine Tobaccos."

203 posted on 08/03/2022 3:21:52 PM PDT by upchuck (The longer I remain unjabbed with the clot-shot, the more evidence I see supporting my decision.)
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To: upchuck

Than and then. Two words each with it’s own meaning.


Yes.

Mixing those up, irritates me, too!!


204 posted on 08/03/2022 3:21:57 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I snorted as well. LOL


205 posted on 08/03/2022 3:32:51 PM PDT by Quilla
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To: upchuck

Master bedroom!


206 posted on 08/03/2022 6:06:22 PM PDT by Sawdring
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Groovy (actually, I HATE that word)


207 posted on 08/03/2022 7:45:52 PM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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My dad used to call us G D hawnyaks. Oh, and what the hell is a dubosary?


208 posted on 08/03/2022 7:50:51 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The road to tyranny is paved with compliance )
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“Hootenanny, shindig”

More commonly known as the doins.


209 posted on 08/03/2022 7:58:03 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The road to tyranny is paved with compliance )
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