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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Idiotic Idioms #162968 10/31/06 03:47 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Park: Thank you for that link. As a card-carrying prescriptivist, I agree wholeheartedly. However, every usage in "Battered and Abused" has become so common that inevitably they will all be accepted in Merriam, whereupon they will be considered "correct" dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Idiotic Idioms ParkinT 10/31/06 03:31 PM Re: Idiotic Idioms dalehileman 10/31/06 03:47 PM Re: Idiotic Idioms of troy 10/31/06 03:54 PM Re: Idiotic Idioms tsuwm 10/31/06 04:46 PM Re: Idiotic Idioms ParkinT 10/31/06 04:50 PM Re: Idiotic Idioms tsuwm 10/31/06 05:04 PM Re: Idiotic Idioms AnnaStrophic 10/31/06 05:48 PM Re: Idiotic Idioms ParkinT 10/31/06 06:15 PM Re: Idiotic Idioms Buffalo Shrdlu 10/31/06 08:53 PM Re: Idiotic Idioms ParkinT 10/31/06 09:19 PM Badly, schmadly AnnaStrophic 10/31/06 09:27 PM Re: Badly, schmadly Buffalo Shrdlu 10/31/06 09:32 PM FWIW Faldage 10/31/06 10:49 PM Re: FWIW Buffalo Shrdlu 11/01/06 01:57 AM Re: FWIW AnnaStrophic 11/01/06 12:34 PM Re: FWIW ParkinT 11/01/06 12:46 PM Re: FWIW Faldage 11/01/06 10:36 PM Re: FWIW consuelo 11/01/06 11:53 PM Re: FWIW ParkinT 11/02/06 12:46 AM Re: FWIW Buffalo Shrdlu 11/02/06 02:28 AM YCLIU AnnaStrophic 11/02/06 10:36 AM Re: titmouse(s) ParkinT 11/02/06 12:44 AM Re: titmouse(s) Faldage 11/02/06 11:20 AM Re: titmouse(s) zmjezhd 11/02/06 01:35 PM Re: mouse plural and loose /lose wow 11/04/06 05:29 PM Re: mouse plural and loose /lose Faldage 11/04/06 06:33 PM Re: mouse plural and loose /lose Marianna 11/04/06 08:10 PM Re: mouse plural and loose /lose Zed 11/04/06 10:27 PM Re: singular animals wow 11/05/06 02:05 PM Re: mouse plural and loose /lose wsieber 11/05/06 02:30 PM Re: FWIW ParkinT 11/02/06 12:19 PM Re: Idiotic Idioms Jackie 11/02/06 01:55 PM I plead "phonetic typo" <lol> musick 11/05/06 07:36 PM Re: I plead "phonetic typo" <lol> ParkinT 11/06/06 12:56 PM Re: I plead "phonetic typo" <lol> Zed 11/08/06 11:47 PM Re: the idiotic dummy's guide AnnaStrophic 11/09/06 01:42 PM Re: the idiotic dummy's guide zmjezhd 11/09/06 01:44 PM naptronymic nomes de plume AnnaStrophic 11/09/06 05:07 PM Re: naptronymic nomes de plume tsuwm 11/09/06 05:23 PM Re: naptronymic nomes de plume AnnaStrophic 11/09/06 06:10 PM Re: naptronymic nomes de plume tsuwm 11/09/06 06:20 PM Re: naptronymic nomes de plume zmjezhd 11/10/06 02:09 AM Re: the idiotic dummy's guide ParkinT 11/09/06 06:28 PM Re: the idiotic dummy's guide to rants Aramis 11/09/06 08:27 PM Re: connotate tsuwm 11/09/06 09:01 PM Re: connotate Zed 11/09/06 11:42 PM Re: oh, well zmjezhd 11/10/06 02:12 AM Re: oh, well Faldage 11/10/06 10:52 AM Re: oh, well Zed 11/11/06 12:04 AM Re: Idiotic Idioms fibitz 11/14/06 02:35 AM Re: Idiotic Idioms Faldage 11/14/06 10:47 AM Re: Idiotic Idioms Aramis 11/17/06 06:57 PM Re: Idiotic Idioms tsuwm 11/17/06 07:48 PM Re: Idiotic Idioms ParkinT 11/17/06 09:19 PM Re: Idiotic Idioms nancyk 11/01/06 12:32 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,364 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 596 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,558 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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