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#76821 - 07/24/02 02:23 AM Versing
doc_comfort addict Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 618 Loc: Australia	My newest pet hate: versing; verb; to be competing against. Derived from versus. Eg, If I win the next match, I'll be versing the champion in the final. Aaaarrrgghh.
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#76822 - 07/24/02 08:38 AM Re: Versing
boronia enthusiast Registered: 02/18/02 Posts: 322 Loc: Toronto, Canada	Eeewww - I've never heard that before, but it sure ain't poetry to these ears.
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#76823 - 07/24/02 08:43 AM Re: you phony
maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4757	This evolutionificationism of the language gets verse and verse...
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#76824 - 07/24/02 08:49 AM Re: you phony
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	This evolutionificationism of the language gets verse and verse... No no--we're just diversifying. Not phony: Hi, doc! <GRIN>
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#76825 - 07/24/02 10:05 AM Re: you phony
RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/23/00 Posts: 2204	In this instance, the trend needs to be reversed EDIT And if versing is competing against, is co-operating with inversing ??
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#76826 - 07/24/02 10:53 AM Re: you phony
Rubrick addict Registered: 05/18/00 Posts: 679 Loc: Somewhere outside New York	phony? You're not suggesting that all this is converseation, Mav?
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#76827 - 07/24/02 10:56 AM Re: you phony
AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York	Is "you phony" a euphemism?
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#76828 - 07/24/02 11:55 AM Re: you phony
Sparteye Pooh-Bah Registered: 01/05/01 Posts: 1773	Sounds good to me!
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#76829 - 07/24/02 12:41 PM Re: you phony
nancyk addict Registered: 03/09/01 Posts: 508 Loc: Metro Detroit (MI)	Is "you phony" a euphemism? Nope, euphony's a sweet sound.
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#76830 - 07/24/02 07:12 PM Re: you phony
maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4757	a sweet sound yay, y'all finally got the real thing... :p :)
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