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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Weapons of mass destruction #94672 02/05/2003 11:51 PM Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA birdfeed member birdfeed member Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA Rest easy, gang. My seventeen year old daughter and her friends have come up with a replacement for this tired phrase. She was expressing her thoughts on what Sadam might or might not be concealing and kept referring to "BABs". "???" came my query. "Big Ass Bombs" was the answer. I think if a stratum of society whose vocabulary consists mainly of "OhmyGOD", "like", "totally" and "sucks" finds "weapons of mass destruction" tiresome and monotonous, the world should pay heed. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Weapons of mass destruction #94673 02/06/2003 12:11 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... I'll pay heed to BABs--pay heed because 'babs' sounds innocuous, like the girl next door. Lord, I love 17-year-olds and their irreverant frame of mind (during those irreverant times--I know they experience other frames). My own daughter is only three years beyond that time. I'll spring 'babs' on her in my next email up to her college. 'Babs' is so human--like 'smart bombs.' Human. At least for a few minutes I can divert my thought through such terms and think of the cruel reality in a less depressing fashion. Big Ass Bombs. Like the lyric from a song. Just avoiding the depressing thought of its being somebody's (or somebodies') swan one. Anyway, birdseed, thanks for the inside track. Always good to be informed. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter in the same vain..... #94674 02/11/2003 11:34 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin The hiphop group Outkast had a Track called B.O.B. on their last album 'Stankonia', it stands for 'Bomb Over Bagdad'. Needless to say, it's the bomb. 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

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