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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Something I read #185478 06/26/2009 4:24 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada I liked a turn of phrase that I read today, well actually that I heard today on one of Mom's talking books. The author described a character as "a man who used oaths as crutches to get him from one word to another." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Something I read Zed 06/26/2009 4:24 AM Re: Something I read BranShea 06/26/2009 8:13 AM Re: Something I read zmjezhd 06/26/2009 12:54 PM 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

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