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#175162 03/27/2008 12:07 AM
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I love words! I just ran across something where if you text: DAILYWORD to 41411, you get the Word of the Day sent straight to your cellphone everyday. It's pretty cool...

Today's word was: UBIQUITOUS

Pronunciation: u·biq·ui·tous
–adjective
existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.

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ubiquitous spam-bots....

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Hi Daily
You're welcome to dally?

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The word of the day here happens to be 'meshuga '.
Never mind me. I'm one of the few last Mohicans living without a cellphone.

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 Originally Posted By: twosleepy
ubiquitous spam-bots....


Looks that way to me, too.

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yeah, I was wondering who would profit by that text message?


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hey did your head just get bigger etaoin? \:o

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all the time...


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I'd heard the word "meshugena" before, but not known it's meaning or proper spelling. There's a person at my kids' school with a license plate that reads "meshuga" which I thought might either be a misspelling or a shortening.

My curiosity never stayed in my mind long enough to look it up.

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meshugena , in two dictionaries : meaning crazy person.
Like meshuga means crazy, the licence plate word may have been chosen on purpose.

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Usually there's a limit to the number of characters you can get on a personalized plate. It might be as high as eight but probably not as high as nine.

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The F. Friend :
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There's a person at my kids' school with a license plate that reads "meshuga" which I thought might either be a misspelling or a shortening.

meshuga got 7.

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Meanwhile, check out the OP's website.

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This?:
OP



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 Originally Posted By: AnnaStrophic
Meanwhile, check out the OP's website.


like I said, $9.99 a month, plus SMS charges...


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 Originally Posted By: BranShea
The F. Friend :
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There's a person at my kids' school with a license plate that reads "meshuga" which I thought might either be a misspelling or a shortening.

meshuga got 7.


Which is why the plate reads MESHUGA and not MESHUGENA.

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 Originally Posted By: BranShea
????????????????????????????????
This?:
OP




OP = Opening/Original Post(er)

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Oh, glorious abbreviations! Thanks Anna, that's a familiair language I see on that site. Funny! But eh ,strange too.
Oh, well I don't understand those things. Hide it from the kids stuff.

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Don't feel bad, Bran; I had no clue either! :0)

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Thanks . It's on the abbr. that I stumble more than on the language an sich.


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