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#186732 - 09/07/09 07:54 AM odious
henryf Offline
stranger

Registered: 09/07/09
Posts: 1
The word "odious" so strongly and inescapably engenders for me the memory of one famous speech that I was taken by its absence when I read your usage example (not criticizing here, just relating my word association):

"There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious—makes you so sick at heart—that you can't take part. You can't even passively take part. And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all." – Mario Savio, Sproul Hall Steps, December 2, 1964

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#186733 - 09/07/09 11:17 AM Re: odious [Re: henryf]
LukeJavan8 Offline
old hand

Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 830
Loc: Land of Flat River
One can feel the passion of the speaker. Thank you.

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#186741 - 09/08/09 01:55 AM Re: odious [Re: LukeJavan8]
Zed Offline
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 08/27/02
Posts: 2031
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
The power of the pre-soundbite speech.

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#186742 - 09/08/09 02:56 AM Re: odious [Re: Zed]
olly Offline
addict

Registered: 12/18/06
Posts: 611
Loc: Auckland, New Zealand
I think I've worked out the theme. Time will tell. Well, tomorrows word will tell. whistle

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#186753 - 09/09/09 09:20 AM Re: odious [Re: olly]
AlexNoVA Offline
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Registered: 09/09/09
Posts: 2
Loc: Alexandria, VA
odious
asinine
cagey

... words to describe politicians? wink

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#186755 - 09/09/09 09:29 AM Re: odious [Re: AlexNoVA]
GlennRay Offline
stranger

Registered: 09/09/09
Posts: 1
Loc: Troy, NY, USA
odious
asinine
cagey

Words in which there are more vowels than consonants?

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#186756 - 09/09/09 11:19 AM Re: odious [Re: GlennRay]
nosnjoh Offline
stranger

Registered: 11/22/08
Posts: 2
Letter words? ODS, SN9, KG?

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#186757 - 09/09/09 11:34 AM Re: odious [Re: olly]
lagomcurt Offline
stranger

Registered: 09/09/09
Posts: 1
Loc: Minnesota
I'm thinking...words containing 3 different vowels.

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#186759 - 09/09/09 05:01 PM Re: odious [Re: lagomcurt]
JustMolly Offline
stranger

Registered: 09/09/09
Posts: 1
I'm thinking ... undesirable descriptors? Adverse adjectives?

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#186780 - 09/10/09 12:02 PM Re: odious [Re: nosnjoh]
fmbrowniii Offline
stranger

Registered: 06/05/06
Posts: 4
Loc: Georgia, USA
I like nosnjoh's idea. So today would be RKDA?

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#186781 - 09/10/09 12:07 PM Re: odious [Re: fmbrowniii]
fmbrowniii Offline
stranger

Registered: 06/05/06
Posts: 4
Loc: Georgia, USA
Ooops, Lost my Head, RKDN

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#186784 - 09/10/09 05:11 PM Re: odious [Re: nosnjoh]
olly Offline
addict

Registered: 12/18/06
Posts: 611
Loc: Auckland, New Zealand

Letter words? ODS, SN9, KG?

That was my guess too. Good to see a whole lot of first timers around here. Welcome one and all.

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#186819 - 09/13/09 08:25 PM Re: odious [Re: nosnjoh]
olly Offline
addict

Registered: 12/18/06
Posts: 611
Loc: Auckland, New Zealand
Well, seems we were right johnson. Just a tad bit slow.

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#186820 - 09/13/09 10:44 PM Re: odious [Re: olly]
Jackie Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 10232
Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
johnson I didn't even get that! Shame on me! And good on you!

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#186853 - 09/18/09 05:50 AM Re: odious [Re: fmbrowniii]
BranShea Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 06/23/06
Posts: 3387
Loc: Netherlands, the Hague
I dearly hope that what's done in this game will not become fashionable. RKDN - all that's left of the handsome word arcadian. frown
BTW, I noticed that for the selected words Anu only used half of the 26 letters of the alphabet. Would it mean there are letters that are less or not fit to be used in this trick? He did not use: b-f-h-j-k-l-m-p-q-t-w-x-z

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#186855 - 09/18/09 08:17 AM Re: odious [Re: BranShea]
tsuwm Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 04/03/00
Posts: 9400
Loc: this too shall pass
some LTRZ Я more FYKSHS than others.

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#186858 - 09/18/09 04:05 PM Re: odious [Re: tsuwm]
BranShea Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 06/23/06
Posts: 3387
Loc: Netherlands, the Hague
Ha! Obviously. The second word I can't even guess. Effic hashish?
Efficacious?

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#186862 - 09/18/09 11:53 PM Re: odious [Re: BranShea]
Jackie Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 10232
Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
Gotta be your second one, Branny. (I couldn't get it, either; it's not a word I really use.) However, epic hashish could lead to quite a tale!

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#186868 - 09/19/09 02:31 PM Re: odious [Re: tsuwm]
BranShea Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 06/23/06
Posts: 3387
Loc: Netherlands, the Hague
Well, how would this look? " A thing of BUT is a joy forever".
No show.

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#186878 - 09/20/09 07:20 AM Re: odious [Re: BranShea]
Faldage Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 12/01/00
Posts: 12381
Maybe if it were "A thing of BUTT is a joy forever" for all the pygephiles among us.

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