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#161616 08/19/06 06:14 PM
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I don't know if it's possible. All I know is that I remember seeing that it was not the case in that particular instance.

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Peanut allergies can certainly be fatal, and some people's reactions can be set off by minimal exposure. It happens, however, that the woman who was thought to have died of a reaction following a kiss actually died of asthma.

It was an asthma attack.

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Fo'c's'le is the most preposterous word, at least if you allow contractions to participate.

#161619 08/22/06 07:27 PM
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Fo'c's'le is the most preposterous word, at least if you allow contractions to participate.




Well, if you've got a thing against apostrophes in words, don't go anywhere Samoan - some of it words are little else but.

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Fo'c's'le is the most preposterous word, at least if you allow contractions to participate.




How do you say that?!

#161621 08/25/06 11:28 AM
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This is the kind of word that's probably been discussed in this word forum before, but it's new to me:

apodyopsis noun the act of mentally undressing someone.

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Fo'c's'le is the most preposterous word, at least if you allow contractions to participate.




How do you say that?!



Read somewhere it is similar to as in "Your folks'll visit during holidays."


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By definition:

lysistrataphobia - The fear that women will subvert men and take over the world


By sound:

humuhumunukunukuapuaa - a small Hawaiian fish

fysigunkus - a person who lacks curiosity

crambazzle - a worn out old man

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Re: lysistrataphobia

What point is there in fearing the inevitable?

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and yet most people probably fear death


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