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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: In defense of the President #38759 09/01/2001 3:55 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >Put down that ozzie... well, I'm loath to interject a question concerning usage into these fascinating philippics, but what does "ozzie" mean in this context? I thought an ozzie was an Australian.... >I don't want to get into any political debate, but... >I have no desire to get into a political fracas over this, but... >I'm loath to interject a question concerning usage, but.. these constructions are all nice examples of one form of the rhetorical device known as apophasis (denial). [yart] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted In defense of the President Vernon Compton 08/18/2001 7:10 AM Max Quordlepleen 08/18/2001 7:43 AM Re: In defense of the President francais31415 08/23/2001 2:57 AM Re: In defense of the President Jazzoctopus 08/23/2001 1:03 PM Re: In defense of the President tsuwm 08/23/2001 1:23 PM Re: slander Faldage 08/23/2001 1:24 PM Re: slander Jazzoctopus 08/23/2001 2:05 PM Re: slander v. libel Faldage 08/23/2001 2:24 PM Re: slander v. libel Jazzoctopus 08/23/2001 5:21 PM Re: slander v. libel Faldage 08/23/2001 5:27 PM Re: slander v. libel Keiva 08/23/2001 5:57 PM Re: slander v. libel Bean 08/24/2001 11:05 AM Re: defamation by praise maverick 08/25/2001 4:35 PM Re: defamation by praise tsuwm 08/25/2001 5:14 PM Re: defamation by praise maverick 08/25/2001 7:56 PM Re: slander Bingley 08/24/2001 4:20 AM highbrow slander, Bin Laden and Dajjal Bush belligerentyouth 08/24/2001 9:03 AM Re: In defense of the President Vernon Compton 08/31/2001 8:11 AM Re: In defense of the President maverick 08/31/2001 10:38 AM Re: In defense of the President belligerentyouth 08/31/2001 11:33 AM Re: In defense of the President Jazzoctopus 08/31/2001 9:04 PM defense against rogue nations Bobyoungbalt 09/01/2001 3:50 AM Max Quordlepleen 09/01/2001 4:45 AM Re: In defense of the President belligerentyouth 09/01/2001 1:35 PM Re: In defense of the President tsuwm 09/01/2001 3:55 PM Re: In defense of the President Capital Kiwi 09/01/2001 5:12 PM In defence of the President jmh 09/03/2001 8:58 AM Max Quordlepleen 09/03/2001 9:31 AM Re: In defence of the President jmh 09/03/2001 9:36 AM LET US NOT...... wordcrazy 09/03/2001 1:00 PM no, let us not tsuwm 09/03/2001 2:44 PM Beg to disagree wordcrazy 09/03/2001 3:26 PM Max Quordlepleen 09/03/2001 7:19 PM Re: Beg to disagree WhitmanO'Neill 09/04/2001 5:26 AM Max Quordlepleen 09/04/2001 6:37 AM Re: Beg to disagree Jackie 09/04/2001 10:37 AM Re: Beg to disagree Keiva 09/04/2001 11:12 AM Re: Marat wow 09/04/2001 3:23 PM Re: Marat of troy 09/04/2001 3:52 PM Re: Marat Keiva 09/04/2001 5:04 PM but the name..where is Dali when you need him! of troy 09/04/2001 5:26 PM Re: another David on the board maverick 09/04/2001 5:33 PM Re: another David on the board tsuwm 09/04/2001 5:59 PM Re: another David on the board of troy 09/04/2001 6:49 PM Re: another David on the board Keiva 09/04/2001 7:50 PM Re: another David on the board Jazzoctopus 09/04/2001 9:19 PM Re: another David on the board tsuwm 09/04/2001 9:51 PM Re: another David on the board Keiva 09/04/2001 10:13 PM Re: another grumble wow 09/04/2001 10:21 PM HELP!!! wordcrazy 09/05/2001 1:32 AM Re: HELP!!! tsuwm 09/05/2001 4:13 AM Re: HELP!!! Jazzoctopus 09/05/2001 10:01 PM Re: another David on the board of troy 09/05/2001 12:47 PM Re: another David on the board Hyla 09/05/2001 10:37 PM Max Quordlepleen 09/04/2001 6:22 PM Re: In defense of the President Geoff 09/05/2001 6:01 AM Re: In defense of the President maverick 09/05/2001 12:00 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,383 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,208 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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