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#76821
07/24/2002 6:23 AM
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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
07/24/2002 12:38 PM
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enthusiast
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Eeewww - I've never heard that before, but it sure ain't poetry to these ears.
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#76823
07/24/2002 12:43 PM
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This evolutionificationism of the language gets verse and verse...
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#76824
07/24/2002 12:49 PM
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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
07/24/2002 2:05 PM
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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
07/24/2002 2:53 PM
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phony? You're not suggesting that all this is converseation, Mav?
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#76827
07/24/2002 2:56 PM
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Is "you phony" a euphemism?
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#76828
07/24/2002 3:55 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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#76829
07/24/2002 4:41 PM
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Is "you phony" a euphemism?
Nope, euphony's a sweet sound.
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#76830
07/24/2002 11:12 PM
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a sweet sound
yay, y'all finally got the real thing... :p :)
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#76831
07/24/2002 11:20 PM
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Pick me! Pick me! I was the first! What's the prize?  (Sparteye punned on it and NancyK was more 'in your face' but.)
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#76832
07/24/2002 11:35 PM
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In disputing the uses of verse,
Doc offers us hearse versus nurse:
The poet sounds better
But the law owns the letter:
So remember you heard it here firs!
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#76833
07/25/2002 4:18 PM
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NancyK was more 'in your face' Hey, I'm all for subtlety but. Y'all know that "in your face" is more my style 
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#76834
07/26/2002 10:41 AM
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Yes, Nancy, I notice you're always so pushy!  That's right, y'all heard it here firs.
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