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#169007 07/05/2007 12:16 PM
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Got any? Two I've heard recently:

Eurocrat

greenwashing

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Ah-- Greenwashing is what corporations do when they try to make themselves look more environmentally friendly than they really are.
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I thought maybe.

Oops, I was wrong about Eurocrat:
An administrative official at the headquarters of the European Union.
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Not my favorite--sort of an anti-favorite--is the phrase baby daddy.


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Anna: I've accumulated a few and would be glad to share them with you, that is, if you will accept an attachment (as I readily acknowledge many folk won't, for fear of viruses). I am dalehileman@verizon.net


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[obviously out of it e] Ok--what is a baby daddy , please?

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Yow. Thanks, though!

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Originally Posted By: Maven
Not my favorite--sort of an anti-favorite--is the phrase baby daddy.



Garh...me too Maven. I dislike that expression nearly as much as the spoken ''acks'' used instead of ''ask''


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