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#116352 11/21/2003 1:47 PM
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Don't you just love today's Word? Never mind the real def., it just sounds like such a delicious way of saying "boring to tears--avoid at all cost"!


#116353 11/21/2003 2:30 PM
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Dear Jackie: just to tease you, "mundane" means common, ordinary. So "extramundane" means extra common.


#116354 11/21/2003 5:44 PM
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Extramundane is a delicious-sounding word, Jackie. Sounds like an adjective for something on the dessert menu of an elegant restaurant:

Extramundane Chocolate Torte with Frivolous Whipped Cream


#116355 11/21/2003 6:01 PM
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"Extramundane" reminds me of a psychiatric patient who defended his use of LSD thus:"The government is spending millions to put men on the moon. I can go out of this world for one buck." (He never really returned.)



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