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what's up with the comic quiz? I am not the owl. I am either eeyore or daffy duck.
Hey! I put that in "Non Word Stuff" for fun, fun, fun!
I took the test twice as I was ambiguous about some answer-choices. BUT I didn't add up score until both were done ... came out a combo of Tweety and Pepe.
Oh well.
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Scribbler, if that cult doesn't have a slogan, perhaps they could use 'Up with Viagra'.  (I only responded to this because of its author.)
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In reply to:
more it seems that "UP" is simply an indicator of anything on the "positive" side of the spectrum; ie -depending, of course, on context
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i'm wondering if there's a usage of 'up' that doesn't follow this general pattern
bridget96, I add that regarding an up reference as always positive depends on degree as well as context; sometimes, somebody can be too up. I can't be the only one to have had occasion to tell someone to "cheer down." Or maybe I am, and I'm just ornery.
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had occasion to tell someone to "cheer down
And others to "calm up?"
As to positive up : how about "He's up to something"?
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Somewhere out there, there is a whole dictionary which is devoted to the one word in the English language which has no letters at all. You know, the one which everyone has trouble spelling?Cap, I believe you've discovered a Cheshire Cat! Bravo!!  
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[wink as face disappears emoticon]
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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In reply to:
Cap,
I believe you've discovered a Cheshire Cat! Bravo!!
IP, a plea, from Jo's excellent hints:It can be helpful if people quote a little of the post that they are replying to, to help flat-moders find out what is going on. As a staunch flatliner, I endorse that suggestion enthusiastically. Cheers.
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Two posters : It can be helpful if people quote a little of the post that they are replying to, to help flat-moders find out what is going on....(and)... As a staunch flatliner, I endorse that suggestion
Ahh, er ... um.... could we ...maybe use , well, another phrase? Other than flatliner?
It's just that, well, it has connotations ...!!...as in medical parlance when someone "flatlines" the nice beep beep of the heart stops making peaks on the monitor and the line goes flat and your dead.
At my age "flatliner" is a bit disconcerting .... if you get my drift?
Any ideas for alternatives? Flatreaders(or flat-moder as above) might work ???
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Ahh, er ... um.... could we ...maybe use , well, another phrase? Other than flatliner? Sorry, wow. I was well aware of the most common meaning of flatliner when I used it. Henceforth I shall be a flat-moder. _______________________________________________
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Here is an up phrase with negative connotations: stick up, as in armed robbery.
And, while I was typing this, another occurred to me: up yours.
Also, mentioned above, shut up.
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