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To: HiTech RedNeck
misconscrewed.

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100 posted on 05/04/2009 11:55:55 PM PDT by farmer18th (If you preach "too big to let fail," you're also preaching "too small to let succeed.")
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To: farmer18th

There used to be a television commercial where the spokesman complained about being “misconscrewed.” It was a portmanteau word combining “misconstrued” and “scr*wed” the latter intending not a literal act but metaphorical for an unfair treatment.


104 posted on 05/05/2009 12:02:57 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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