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#15958 01/23/01 10:45 PM
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So this Tex-Mex was dipsetic, and possibly dyspeptic--let's just hope it wasn't septic!


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Oops, I think I meant "dyspepsia-inducing". Forgive my agent-victim dyslexia; it must have been something I ate.


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THIRSTIFYING It's inventive and creative--who cares about protocol. Reminds me of a story in 1965, when Tide advertised Intensified Tide. I have never heard that word since, but my then 4 year old brother loved using it. "Mom, are you using Intensified Tide?" he said almost daily. Or "Is this intensified?"

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Dipsetic. You got that right!! That word does sound like septic, so therefore I think Thirstifying is more pleasing to the ears and imagination!!

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A note to bikermom and others: I don't know about everyone else, but I can't read anything written in yellow on this message board unless I highlight it with my cursor...


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i like tsuwm's "dipsetic" best, but i'd also submit "polydipsic" as a reasonably descriptive adjective in lieu of 'thirstifying'.

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It's the ayleurs' secret handshake.


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Quixotic? Say not so! Dipsetic is a great word, one that I shall be endeavouring to use whenever possible. Yours,

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it's the ayleurs secret handshake

Thanks for the headsup, Faldage.
You people have been keeping me busy checking the archives to figure out what words like YART and ayleur mean! I do love inside jokes...


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