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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread New Word #145 03/15/2000 10:34 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1 Egypt semanticina stranger semanticina stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1 Egypt A dear friend of mine who occasionaly mistypes, accidentaly used the word lolve in a conversation, we both laughed and then thought it was a cute word because love and laughter always go hand in hand Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: New Word - Administrivia #146 03/15/2000 10:56 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1 normanlevin stranger normanlevin stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1 Administrivia - the things we need to do each day to make it thru the day. Or, the garbage that you have to do before you get to your real job as in, "As soon as we finish the administrivia, we can get to our first topic." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: New Word #147 03/16/2000 1:30 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 18 jackiemw stranger jackiemw stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 18 I found something one of my students had written describing me as "confident and talkactive." I'm sure she meant to write talkative, but talkactive is a much more accurate portrayal of my teaching style. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: New Word #148 03/16/2000 12:59 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1 San Francisco Bay Area Harrekki stranger Harrekki stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1 San Francisco Bay Area A misheard song lyric influenced me to use the word 'campeeding' in high school, which means marching swiftly. The actual lyric was 'competing,' but I like my word better... Dave Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: New Word #149 03/18/2000 1:27 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1 Somewhere near Washington, DC MissMercy stranger MissMercy stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1 Somewhere near Washington, DC When he was quite young, and apparently playing with his rubber duckie, my kid brother created the word "crubbles." Crubbles are the wrinkles you get on your fingers and toes when you've been in the bath WAAAY too long. MissMercy I've done all I can do without chocolate. I've done all I can do without chocolate. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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