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#28059 05/01/2001 4:00 PM

Joined: May 2001

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa

LRReiche

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa

I'm looking for just the right word...

What adjective correctly (and tactfully) identifies clothing that has been worn and is ready to wash?

I like to use the word "fresh" for the clothes I'd put on after a shower, but "stale" implies an odor. "Old" connotes out of style or of little remaining value. "Used" can describe the freshly washed clothing you'd take to Goodwill. "Soiled" and "dirty" imply a stain (or worse, if it's underwear).

Is there 'le mot juste' to describe your dress shirt after you return from church and change clothes?

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Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" LRReiche 05/01/2001 4:00 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" wwh 05/01/2001 4:36 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" Eubie Kwyatt 05/03/2001 11:36 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" slovovoi 05/01/2001 5:03 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" wow 05/01/2001 6:13 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" Capital Kiwi 05/01/2001 6:25 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" juanmaria 05/02/2001 11:58 AM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" Faldage 05/02/2001 1:19 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" Hyla 05/02/2001 3:18 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" Faldage 05/02/2001 3:32 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" juanmaria 05/02/2001 7:18 PM

Collateral advice to Lance Scribbler 05/03/2001 3:20 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" Anonymous 05/02/2001 9:16 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" Jackie 05/03/2001 1:44 AM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" Bobyoungbalt 05/03/2001 2:55 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" wwh 05/03/2001 3:16 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" Flatlander 05/03/2001 5:31 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" wwh 05/03/2001 10:51 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" Capital Kiwi 05/04/2001 6:45 AM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" rodward 05/04/2001 10:59 AM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" Jackie 05/04/2001 12:31 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" Capital Kiwi 05/04/2001 6:38 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" Bobyoungbalt 05/07/2001 6:16 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" belMarduk 05/04/2001 7:39 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" Capital Kiwi 05/04/2001 8:42 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" wow 05/05/2001 5:00 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" Capital Kiwi 05/05/2001 7:13 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" wow 05/06/2001 3:40 PM

Re: Well, It's *Not* "Clean!" Max Quordlepleen 05/06/2001 9:13 PM

Wicket Games AnnaStrophic 05/06/2001 11:34 PM

Re: Wicket Games wwh 05/07/2001 12:05 AM

C�sar's wife AnnaStrophic 05/07/2001 1:02 AM

Re: C�sar's wife Max Quordlepleen 05/07/2001 2:33 AM

Re: C�sar's wife Capital Kiwi 05/07/2001 8:05 AM

Re: C�sar's wife wwh 05/07/2001 1:20 PM

Re: C�sar's wife Faldage 05/07/2001 1:54 PM

Re: Picking nits juanmaria 05/07/2001 11:27 AM

Re: Picking nits from dirty clothes Faldage 05/07/2001 12:14 PM

Re: Picking nits AnnaStrophic 05/07/2001 12:20 PM

Re: C�sar's wife AnnaStrophic 05/07/2001 11:57 AM

Re: C�sar's wife as Platonic Ideal Faldage 05/07/2001 12:12 PM

Platonic Ideal Anonymous 05/07/2001 1:45 PM

Re: Wicket Games rodward 05/08/2001 8:14 AM

Re: Wicked Games Jackie 05/08/2001 12:38 PM

Re: Wicked Games rodward 05/08/2001 3:16 PM

Re: Wicked Games juanmaria 05/08/2001 5:09 PM

Re: Wicked Games Capital Kiwi 05/09/2001 9:42 AM

Re: Wicked Games wwh 05/09/2001 1:08 PM

Re: Wicked Games of troy 05/09/2001 1:17 PM

Re: Wicked Games juanmaria 05/09/2001 4:21 PM

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Re: Foot and mouth disease Capital Kiwi 05/10/2001 6:08 AM

Re: Wicked Games rodward 05/10/2001 6:44 AM

Re: Wicked Games Capital Kiwi 05/10/2001 7:12 AM

Re: Wicked Games rodward 05/10/2001 7:26 AM

Re: Wicked Games Jackie 05/10/2001 11:58 AM

Re: Wicked Games of troy 05/10/2001 12:16 PM

Re: Wicked Games Faldage 05/10/2001 12:24 PM

Re: Wicked Games of troy 05/10/2001 12:36 PM

Re: Eating types Faldage 05/10/2001 1:38 PM

Re: Wicked Games Bobyoungbalt 05/10/2001 3:29 PM

Re: Wicked Games rodward 05/10/2001 1:32 PM

We call 'em cow chips AnnaStrophic 05/10/2001 3:47 PM

Re: We call 'em cow chips Jackie 05/11/2001 2:15 AM

Re: We call 'em cow pats Capital Kiwi 05/11/2001 8:08 AM

Re: We call 'em cow chips Geoff 05/14/2001 3:34 AM

Re: We call 'em cow chips juanmaria 05/12/2001 6:07 PM

Re: We call 'em cow chips ladymoon 05/13/2001 10:50 PM

Re: Wicked Games wow 05/10/2001 5:17 PM

Re: Wicket [sic] Games AnnaStrophic 05/10/2001 3:40 PM

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