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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread parasite #78536 08/18/2002 8:41 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Originally meaning one who sat beside others at the dining table, it became satirized to mean someone who obtains dinining invitations by egregiousflattery of the host Use as scientific biologic term began in 1720 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: parasite #78537 08/19/2002 6:50 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 45 perth, western australia zootsuit newbie zootsuit newbie Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 45 perth, western australia who obtains dinining invitations by egregiousflattery yup - those tapeworms sure are smooth talkers 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

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