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100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know [moiety???]
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Posted on 07/23/2007 7:30:03 PM PDT by Constitutionalist Conservative
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One dictionary's editors' opinion. I'm sure there could be lengthy debates about why some words are on the list and some aren't. Most of all, this list looks like nothing more than fodder for PhD dissertations that few will ever read (no offense intended if you wrote one of them).So... How many of these words can you use in a coherent sentence?
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
When someone presents you with a list of 100 words that everyone should know, it's a sure bet that none of the words on the list will be words that he doesn't know.
For the record, I'm familiar with all those words, and use them quite often.
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posted on
07/23/2007 7:33:22 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
euro
What? Not peso, yen, or the chinese thing?
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posted on
07/23/2007 7:34:17 PM PDT
by
crazyhorse691
(The faithful will keep their heads down, their powder dry and hammer at the enemies flanks.)
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
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posted on
07/23/2007 7:34:54 PM PDT
by
Buddy B
(MSgt Retired-USAF)
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
This will be an interesting thread.
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posted on
07/23/2007 7:35:23 PM PDT
by
DaGman
(`)
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
So... How many of these words can you use in a coherent sentence? How's this:
Hillary Clinton's hubris would not allow her to suppress her totalitarian instincts to usurp the Constitution and subjugate Americans to her feckless demands, thus leading to her rapid impeachment.
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
hey, i knew kowtow - that when youze pull the cow out of the mud with the tractor!
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posted on
07/23/2007 7:36:33 PM PDT
by
chilepepper
(The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
To: NittanyLion
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posted on
07/23/2007 7:36:52 PM PDT
by
bboop
(Stealth Tutor)
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
I shall abjure any churlish bowdlerization of this list. Indeed, I would find it lugubrious to engage in chicanery in any fatuous or feckless attempt to kowtow to a particular lexicon and plagiarize therefrom.
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posted on
07/23/2007 7:37:31 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Progressives like to keep doing the things that didn't work in the past.)
To: Buddy B
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posted on
07/23/2007 7:37:59 PM PDT
by
Buddy B
(MSgt Retired-USAF)
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
“Moiety”? I first saw that word in law school and haven’t seen it since!
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posted on
07/23/2007 7:38:17 PM PDT
by
Snickersnee
(Where are we going? And what's with this handbasket?)
To: crazyhorse691
What? Not peso, yen, or the chinese thing? It's called Juan.
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posted on
07/23/2007 7:38:25 PM PDT
by
Professional Engineer
(Speak softly and leave a giant carbon footprint! Oh, go burn the trash while you're at it.)
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
For Firefox users: Here's a handy little extension I use called
Dictionary Lookup. Download this, restart FF then right click on a word and select "Define..." to get the dictionary definition.
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posted on
07/23/2007 7:38:37 PM PDT
by
DaGman
(`)
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
moiety
Who was Sherlock Holmes greatest villain?
I just love free association...
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posted on
07/23/2007 7:38:48 PM PDT
by
crazyhorse691
(The faithful will keep their heads down, their powder dry and hammer at the enemies flanks.)
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
why am I not surprised “Impeach” is in there.
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posted on
07/23/2007 7:39:18 PM PDT
by
Rezod21
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
What a prodigious list of archaic nomenclature.
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
The only one I didn’t now was...
...moiety!
And I refuse to look it up untl I see it in a sentence somewhere. I’m not convinced I need to know it...unless, perhaps, I happend to be discussing the risible formularies of Moe Howard.
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posted on
07/23/2007 7:41:01 PM PDT
by
Harpo Speaks
(Honk! Honk! Honk! Either it's foggy out, or make that a dozen hard boiled eggs.)
To: Constitutionalist Conservative
subjugate I'm sure that one is on CAIR's version.
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posted on
07/23/2007 7:42:51 PM PDT
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
To: americanophile
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posted on
07/23/2007 7:43:19 PM PDT
by
Buddy B
(MSgt Retired-USAF)
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