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I seem to be hearing more and more people using the word reticent to mean reluctant. Has anyone else noticed this?

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Yes.
I have noticed that most folks here are too reticent to say anything bad about Obama.

He is a snake.

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reticent

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He is a snake.

Surely you mean he is the POTUS. (And what did my grandma say about folks who lived in glass houses throwing stones?)


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Perhaps more understand the meaning of the word hence its prolific use.

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Originally Posted By: zmjezhd
He is a snake.

Surely you mean he is the POTUS. (And what did my grandma say about folks who lived in glass houses throwing stones?)




That they should not undress in the Living Room?????


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That they should not undress in the Living Room?

While throwing stones? That is an interesting image. Perhaps they shouldn't hurl themselves through the big picture window in the living room while undressing.


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Your image, not mine.


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Your image, not mine.

Oh, you tease. Nope, I'm pretty sure you introduced the "undressing" part. But, whatever ...


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Oh, surely, you throw stones, but whatever....


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