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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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Eeewww - I've never heard that before, but it sure ain't poetry to these ears.
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This evolutionificationism of the language gets verse and verse...
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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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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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phony? You're not suggesting that all this is converseation, Mav?
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Is "you phony" a euphemism?
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Is "you phony" a euphemism?
Nope, euphony's a sweet sound.
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a sweet sound
yay, y'all finally got the real thing... :p :)
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