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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread uriah heep #61583 03/18/2002 12:34 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 9 Dickens stranger Dickens stranger Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 9 >today's word: uriah heep glowing with quiet pride. ;-) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: uriah heep #61584 03/18/2002 1:40 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US slithy toves enthusiast slithy toves enthusiast Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US A hypocritical person I think of Uriah Heep as not only hypocritical, but fawning and obsequious as well--a real toady as presented by Dickens. Isn't hypocritical a broader term? There are hypocrites who don't grovel. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: uriah heep #61585 03/18/2002 3:22 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I think it is worth remembering that Uriah Heep's hypocrisy was just camouflage for the viciousness he could reveal when he had acquired power over those to whom he had originally grovelled. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: uriah heep #61586 03/18/2002 8:18 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park unctuous too-- when i first heard the word unctuous, it in the context of describing Uriah Heeps character. my other obsession 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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