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#209845 - 02/28/13 12:43 PM Re: A tough one... [Re: jenny jenny]
Carpal Tunnel
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ORCHETYPE -- what Nero Wolfe is obsessed by.
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#209848 - 02/28/13 02:36 PM
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I'm immortal until proven otherwise
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#209855 - 02/28/13 05:36 PM
Carpal Tunnel
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Listening to the rants of Archie Bunker._________________________
----please, draw me a sheep----
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#209859 - 03/01/13 09:23 AM Oh well... [Re: LukeJavan8]
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PRONUNCIATION:(dak-tuh-LOG-ruh-fee)
MEANING:
noun: The study of fingerprints as a means of identification.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek dactylo- (finger or toe) + -graphy (writing). Earliest documented use: 1884.
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DACTYLORAPHY - when a rapper does that crazy handjive
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#209860 - 03/01/13 11:48 AM
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based on finger prints._________________________
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#209863 - 03/01/13 03:04 PM
old hand
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I'm immortal until proven otherwise
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#209894 - 03/04/13 09:27 AM
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PRONUNCIATION:(JEL-uh-sin)
MEANING:
noun: A dimple in the cheek that appears when someone smiles.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek gelaein (to laugh), which also gave us the words agelast (one who never laughs) and hypergelast (one who laughs too much). Earliest documented use: 1608.
USAGE:
"Gelasin is this pretty little dimple of which Martial says:
His is the face less gracious
Who has not the gelasin joyous."
Laurent Joubert; Treatise on Laughter; University of Alabama Press; 1980.
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AGELASIN: the inability to dimple
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#209898 - 03/04/13 11:52 AM
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TELASIN
-what confession's for._________________________
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#209899 - 03/04/13 01:38 PM
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For me it takes hours.
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#209900 - 03/04/13 01:44 PM
Carpal Tunnel
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Posts: 5268
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something about a journey of a thousand miles begins with
a single step. Wonder how much the old confession is used
any more, the Roman Church seems to pretty much have thrown the
baby out with the bath water.
Edited by LukeJavan8 (03/04/13 01:45 PM)_________________________
----please, draw me a sheep----
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