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#155889 02/19/2006 4:08 PM
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Two really obscure expressions that not even the pundits at WordWizard are able to fathom

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#155890 02/19/2006 6:37 PM
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Now, if I planned to enrich language with some new creations of mine in the hope of a modest participation in history, I would proceed just as you did .

#155891 02/21/2006 12:36 AM
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Perhaps interestingly, Lambda America manufactures AC/DC power supplies and rectifiers.

second result

#155892 02/21/2006 2:24 PM
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Peter: Yes, thanks, I had gone there. But 16 million hits....


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#155893 02/21/2006 3:46 PM
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his name's not Peter.


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#155894 02/21/2006 3:49 PM
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eta: Insel, then


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#155895 02/22/2006 3:06 PM
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> his name's not Peter

salt of the earth, and seldom stoned

#155896 02/22/2006 4:36 PM
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shucks

#155897 02/28/2006 3:17 AM
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I don't know if this helps or not, but in the mid to late 70s and perhaps into the 80s, the Greek letter lambda was used as a symbol for gays.


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#155898 02/28/2006 6:41 PM
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Quote:

... but in the mid to late 70s and perhaps into the 80s, ...




Perhaps even today... Lambda.org

#155899 03/02/2006 7:07 PM
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I'd be careful, Insel, about using the terms "AC/DC" and "rectifiers" in the same sentence.

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[falling out laughing e]


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