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yes, great addition, tsuwm.

I'll go for:

1. enantiodromic
http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=451
2. anacampserote
http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=50360
3. stochastic (an alternative and surely *much more interesting word that links with the two already suggested in that thread - irony/mysterium)
http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=48194
4. octothorp
http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=36166
5. dipsetic
http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=13970

(I have tried to choose based on words which sound interesting in themselves and also lead to worthwhile or fun discussions.)



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Hi That'sPunny! Methinks you'll find some kindred spirits amongst the crowd here. I'd like to add my WELCOME to that of Angel. Glad to have you with us!

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Come on, people, we need more votes to sufficiently detirmine what the best words to use are. It's not exactly a very difficult thing to do.


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I am thinking, Jazzo. It is just that I'm so far behind that I missed lots of the threads the first time and it is taking me ages to read/re-read them with all the giggles n'all. Did you know that Mav and I once had a conversation about not understanding "go figure"? Y'all sounded so strange in those days. See we've all come a long way in multicultural understandings. Anna posts notes on how we might say things, Jackie unravels complex Brit slang. What is the world coming to?

I'll be back soon with my fab five.



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Five, huh? Well, here goes:

cornobbled

gobsmacked

triboluminescence

loimic

pantomath

Best regards,
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My top five:

1. piepowder
2. cornobbled
3. gobsmacked
4. dipsetic
5. pleonasm


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Sorry, Jazz - I'm with jmh - took me too long to read them all and I got sidetracked by the gobsmacked thread!

My votes go to:

g. gobsmacked

h. dipsetic

o. time

p. triboluminescence

%. enantiodromic - but can anyone tell me why this is jumping me into the 'terms of endearment' thread half way through??!?





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can anyone tell me why this is jumping me into the 'terms of endearment' thread
half way through??!?


yes, this happens with old threads (and this is quite an old thread) once you reach the limit of your posts/page preference.

Edit Profile/Display Preferences and look for this:
Total posts to show on one page when viewing a thread in flat mode (default is 10)
set it for something like 100
THIS WAS THE BASIS FOR TRYING TO LIMIT THREADS TO 100 posts, to minimize the effects of this "feature".


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hey jazzo, do you think the 'gobsmacked' thread is going to qualify? :)

please also note that I edited my vote, above.


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