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This weeks theme is said to be "red herring words" From the definition:
the metaphor red herring, meaning 'an attempt to distract attention from the real question'.
I don't see how the words given so far "debridement" and "escheat" fit this definition.
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bill, the (usual meanings of the) embedded words (bride and cheat) lend no clue to the actual meanings, but only mislead.
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the embedded words lend no clue to the actual meanings, but only mislead.
'an attempt to distract attention from the real question'
One would be hard pressed to defend the claim that there was an attempt to distract.
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Dear tsuwm: is "compass" a red herring word? is "pinprick" a red herring word?
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quoting from past herrings of another color:
a sextet has nothing to do with sex
potatory has little to do with potatoes
gyrovague...
...and so forth. I guess if you're playing the game, farthing goes.
[I'm not an advocate of the game, I'm just playing kalong.]
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And I'm sorry I got involved.
And I'm sorry I got involved.
Hey~ isn't that from a frost poem?
EDIT: This was only marginally funny when preceded by wwh's duplicate one line posts; it's now been rendered totally useless, but i can't delete it without leaving a trace... *sigh*.
Now, what's the word that describes an action that retroactively obviates a previous action?
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Dear gk: Please don't robert no frost
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Dear wwh~
How is it that you so unerringly delete posts in a manner so as to leave those that follow them completely unintelligible? Isn't that somehow against the rules?
i know, i know.... we don't need no stinkin' rules....
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