Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums General Topics Q&A about words Bill Gates revisited Search Advanced Forum Search Forums Calendar Active Threads

Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Bill Gates revisited #164827 01/03/07 05:07 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman OP Pooh-Bah OP dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA I am looking for a word From time to time I use "Bill Gates" as a standin or symbol for the massively confusing and frustrating digital world But there's a better term for "standin" or "symbol", implying a sort of symbolic positure dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Bill Gates revisited dalehileman 01/03/07 05:07 PM Re: Bill Gates revisited Jackie 01/03/07 06:32 PM Re: Bill Gates revisited dalehileman 01/03/07 06:48 PM Re: Bill Gates revisited Buffalo Shrdlu 01/03/07 06:53 PM Re: Bill Gates revisited AnnaStrophic 01/03/07 07:14 PM Re: Bill Gates revisited dalehileman 01/03/07 07:52 PM Re: Bill Gates - Metaphor? Aramis 01/03/07 08:16 PM Re: Bill Gates - Metaphor? tsuwm 01/03/07 08:23 PM Re: Bill Gates - Metaphor? dalehileman 01/06/07 03:47 PM Re: Bill Gates - Metaphor? Faldage 01/06/07 05:57 PM Re: Bill Gates - Metaphor? dalehileman 01/06/07 06:18 PM Re: Bill Gates - Metaphor? Faldage 01/06/07 11:06 PM Re: Bill Gates - Metaphor? themilum 01/06/07 11:27 PM Re: coloring AnnaStrophic 01/06/07 11:52 PM Re: coloring TEd Remington 01/07/07 12:50 AM Re: Bill Gates - Metaphor? Faldage 01/07/07 03:17 AM 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,423 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 793 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 23 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,593 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

Default Style BlackNTan Drab eBay GooG v2 infopop new dark new light original dark original stock rounded corners Slate snow sunny dropshadow theblues Touch Of Grey UBB.threads UBB.threads - Dark UBB.threads - Light UBBCentral UBBCentral - Crimson UBBCentral - Lime UBBCentral - Marshmallow UBBCentral - Mocha UBBCentral - Zen UBBT77 UBBT77 - Dark ubbthreads ubbthreads-dark Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org