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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread foible #100252 04/07/2003 2:14 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Hijack time again. This time hijacking tsuwm's wwftd "foible" which he allowed me to suggest to him. Feeble was I ere I saw foible. One of my foibles is an excessive fondness for le mot juste. I get upset unduly when I think someone else has used a word erroneously. I think it would be fun for other members to post here peculiar goibles they perceive in their associates. Like the three friends who were discussing their foibles. The first guy admitted to compulsion to mentally undress each female he met. The second confessed to compulsion seek sexual favors from his female employees, and named some of the victims. The third guy blurted that his foible was gossip and ran off to spread what he had just learned. EDIT : Birdseed caught the typo I have put inot red. foible n. 5obs. var. of Fr faible: see FEEBLE6 1 a small weakness; slight frailty in character 2 the weakest part of a sword blade, from the middle to the point: cf. FORTE1 (sense 1) —SYN FAULT tsuwm wwftd http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: foible #100253 04/07/2003 4:18 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Well, I'll put one of mine; it drives me crazy when other people do it, yet I can't seem to help doing it myself: I start out saying something, then go off on some little sidetrack or rumination (verbal) before ever getting around to making my point. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: foible #100254 04/07/2003 5:28 PM Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA birdfeed member birdfeed member Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA "...to post here peculiar goibles " This would be a weakness only a gentile should have. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: goible #100255 04/07/2003 11:31 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Unless you pronounce it with a soft "g" in which case it would be a NY petshop. My boss's foible is the phrase "quote unquote" in all sorts of places it shouldn't be allowed to go. eg "I'm going to, quote unquote, reschedule the meeting." while doing the little finger movements. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: goible #100256 04/08/2003 12:36 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Zed: Forty years ago, I had a superior, the least of whose foibles was using two fingers on each hand making quotation marks to go with "quote - unquote". 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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