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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Terms of Endearment: the phrase, not the terms #162736 10/23/2006 10:12 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I'm not familiar with the term in any context other than the name of the movie. It's from a McMurtry novel of the same name. I know you should never judge a book by its movie but the movie was bad enough, I'm not about to read the book to see if there's some hint there. Knock yourself out. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Terms of Endearment: the phrase, not the terms Father Steve 10/23/2006 5:03 AM Re: Terms of Endearment: the phrase, not the terms Faldage 10/23/2006 10:12 AM Re: Terms of Endearment: the phrase, not the terms Myridon 10/23/2006 3:28 PM Re: Terms of Endearment: the phrase, not the terms Aramis 10/23/2006 7:10 PM Re: Terms of Endearment: the phrase, not the terms Zed 10/24/2006 3:40 PM Re: Terms of Endearment: the phrase, not the terms Jackie 10/30/2006 1:16 PM Re: Terms of Endearment: the phrase, not the terms Zed 11/04/2006 10:42 PM Re: Terms of Endearment: the phrase, not the terms Jackie 11/11/2006 1:34 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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