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#186732 - 09/07/09 07:54 AM odious
henryf Offline
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Registered: 09/07/09
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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
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Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 1009
Loc: Frozenwastesistan
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: 2064
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
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Registered: 12/18/06
Posts: 666
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Registered: 06/05/06
Posts: 4
Loc: Georgia, USA
I like nosnjoh's idea. So today would be RKDA?

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