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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: pomposterous #126942 04/04/2004 7:30 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Dunno mate, some just seem more apposite than others. This one appears to be a combination of "preposterous" and "pompous". While I can applaud the combination of the two as being useful, I'm just not sure "pomposterous" does it for me! Actually, it's bordering on being a mondegreen, too, isn't it? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted pomposterous tang 04/04/2004 6:26 PM Re: pomposterous Capfka 04/04/2004 6:49 PM Re: pomposterous tang 04/04/2004 7:13 PM Re: pomposterous Capfka 04/04/2004 7:30 PM Re: pomposterous tang 04/04/2004 7:34 PM Re: pomposterous Capfka 04/04/2004 8:19 PM Re: pomposterous tang 04/04/2004 9:01 PM Re: pomposterous TEd Remington 04/11/2004 11:26 PM Maladroitness tang 04/04/2004 9:08 PM Re: pomposterous tang 04/04/2004 10:00 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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