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#75253 07/06/02 06:58 PM
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1. shun insularity (narrowness of mind or feeling, contractedness of view)

Separatism... is the abstraction of a negation, the shadow of a shadow. - Amiel


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A kinder, gentler board. With more posts about words.


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2. dismiss dissimulation (concealment of what really is, under a feigned semblance of something different; feigning, hypocrisy)

Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation his defense. - Samuel Johnson


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A board on which we are not constantly obliged to search for covert motives,
and hidden agenda.

And no PMs that make recipients cry.


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A board where all either say "Hmmmmm. That's interesting." or laugh until they can't breathe, or both. Can I get an "Amen"?


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Amen, Consuelo.

A board where we extend gifts of language to each other wrapped in sugar cone blue paper and tied with bows of best intentions.


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A board with humor. A compassionate board where the people *think before becoming offended by a chance remark or a fumlbnig finger.
Everyone is not always having a great day, every day.



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Hey, Geoff! Visit OneLook.com! That site has access to over 700 dictionaries, and almost every word that appears here may be found in one of those. Yes, exceptions to the rule, but rarely.

And to continue: A board on which all have easy access to OneLook.com so that, with quick clicks, all may check out definitions, synonyms, and etymologies of almost every word discussed in posts and PMs, except on days that they're just lazy bums.


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1. shun insularity (narrowness of mind or feeling, contractedness of view)

Wholehearted agreement to this!

Let's not give up.



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