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To: finnman69
[The Nazi allusions over there are disgusting.]

It's not an illusion democraticunderground posters are Nazis

Freeper Word-Of-The-Day Calendar for 10/07/03:

al·lu·sion   Audio pronunciation of "allusion" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (-lzhn)
n.
  1. The act of alluding; indirect reference: Without naming names, the candidate criticized the national leaders by allusion.
  2. An instance of indirect reference: an allusion to classical mythology in a poem. See Usage Note at allude.


[Late Latin allsi, allsin-, a playing with, from Latin allsus, past participle of alldere, to play with. See allude.]

1,058 posted on 10/07/2003 2:59:45 PM PDT by Ichneumon
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To: Ichneumon
THANKYOU, but I meant to wrote "illusuion".
1,073 posted on 10/07/2003 3:04:04 PM PDT by finnman69 (!)
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To: Ichneumon
An ILLUSION is not the same as an ALLUSION. An illusion is what you see when you hallucinate. The original poster's use was proper. (/prissy schoolmarm moment)

Cool research, though!
1,306 posted on 10/07/2003 4:07:18 PM PDT by alwaysconservative (Strong Republican women can do ANYTHING they want to!)
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