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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Le mot juste? Non. #168666 06/13/2007 1:33 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Today at CNN.com: Quote: MEDICAL MYTHS Quiz: Allergies 101 Test your allergy savvy by determining if some common beliefs are true or false Allergy savvy? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Le mot juste? Non. Hydra #168668 06/13/2007 1:39 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Kinda clunky... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Le mot juste? Non. AnnaStrophic #168670 06/13/2007 1:45 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Quote: savvy (also savviness) informal noun shrewdness and practical knowledge, esp. of hypersensitive immune responses to pollen, fur, food, or dust. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Le mot juste? Non. Hydra #168674 06/13/2007 2:36 PM Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 6 california Snap stranger Snap stranger Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 6 california Originally Posted By: Hydra Quote: savvy (also savviness) informal noun shrewdness and practical knowledge, esp. of hypersensitive immune responses to pollen, fur, food, or dust. And, where did you get this definition from? Especially the second part? Which is to say, the part of the definition which comes after the first comma? (Hope I used the "quote" feature correctly; I'm about to find out by hitting the "submit" button) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Le mot juste? Non. Snap #168679 06/13/2007 2:55 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Quote: And, where did you get this definition from? Especially the second part? Which is to say, the part of the definition which comes after the first comma? Er, I made it up. The original ran: "esp. in politics or business." (You're not irony tone deaf, are you?) Last edited by Hydra; 06/13/2007 2:56 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Le mot juste? Non. Hydra #168681 06/13/2007 3:32 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I certainly must be! [walking away flouncing skirt e] (Hmm; this one's listed as "smirk". It doesn't look like a smirk to me--it looks like a combination of anger and ruefulness, which is zackly what I'm feeling: have to admit I was "gotten", but mad at myself for letting it happen!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Le mot juste? Non. Jackie #168686 06/13/2007 5:23 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 I hate the new emoticons. I don't know what half of them are meant to be. "Whistle" looks like the result of an accident at a carpet factory. "Cry" looks like a face after it's been pepper-sprayed. Who needs a floppy disk icon? What is that little octopus thing next to the green face that's about to vomit? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Le mot juste? Non. Hydra #168688 06/13/2007 5:59 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) nancyk addict nancyk addict Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) L'icon juste? Non. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Le mot juste? Non. Hydra #168689 06/13/2007 7:39 PM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US Aramis addict Aramis addict Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US Wondering if starting a riot has any chance of getting the old ones back. Or perhaps all the wrong ones could show up in kilts and start "flouncing". ÅΓª╥┐↕§ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Le mot juste? Non. Aramis #168691 06/13/2007 8:53 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont if you hold the cursor over them, a little pop up will tell you what they are. that being said, yeah, most of them are dumb. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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. 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