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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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November 16, 2005 the worthless word for the day is: suffonsified
[perhaps a blend of sufficiency and fancified] (also sophonsified, suffancified, suronsified, etc.) used in phrases to politely refuse more food at a meal: full
"The most common line seems to be, "My sufficiency has been suffonsified and any more would be superfluous." - Warren Clements, The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Nov. 27, 2002
"After we've finished our hamburgers and fries she turns to the boys and says brightly, "Are you sufficiently sophonsified?" and they gape at her. They are not the kind of boys who would have napkin rings." - Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
Quinion's take: http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-suf1.htm
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