#49150
11/30/2001 6:01 PM
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Strange that today's wwftd, inebriety, seems to be the only word to rhyme with...sobriety! And, as inebriate is a kin and root to the former, ergo, is sobriate then another word for unfuzzle? 
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#49151
11/30/2001 8:45 PM
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With propriety, society.......
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#49152
11/30/2001 8:49 PM
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today's wwftd, inebriety
strange that you would conflate wwftd with awad -- what *have you been drinking? as for me, I would never, ever use such a mundane and worthful word for my diurnal offering.
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#49153
11/30/2001 9:25 PM
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inebriety/sobriety/society/propriety (wwh)...
There's variety!
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#49154
11/30/2001 10:48 PM
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"strange that you would conflate wwftd with awad --"
He didn't conflate, he confused.I don't wish to sound rude, but when I looked up conflate, it means mix in the sense of putting two things into one container.
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#49155
12/01/2001 12:04 AM
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>I don't wish to sound rude
not only was it rude, but the word was carefully chosen to give him the benefit of the doubt; i.e., that he has purposely combined or fused the two -- but he was probably just confused.
1. To bring together; meld or fuse: “They ingeniously conflated other characters and incidents to provide an opéra-comique setting” (Andrew Porter). 2. To combine (two variant texts, for example) into one whole. AHD
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#49156
12/01/2001 12:52 AM
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Dear tsuwm: I really did not mean to offend, but I politely decline to accept your usage in this case.
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#49157
12/01/2001 5:35 AM
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Teresa says, inebriety/sobriety/society/propriety ... variety!
Good to say, "Hiya,T! There's no impiety
in the contrariety carpals display.
Still, I've anxiety.
Each notariety
Has reached satiety surely, I pray?
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#49158
12/01/2001 5:47 AM
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>I politely decline to accept your usage in this case.
here's something you might want to take up with M-W as well:
conflate \kn-flAt\ conflated conflating [L conflatus, pp. of conflare to blow together, fuse, fr. com- + flare to blow more at blow] (1610)
verb transitive
1 a : to bring together : fuse
b : confuse
2 : to combine (as two readings of a text) into a composite whole
(C) 1996 Zane Publishing, Inc. and Merriam-Webster, Incorporated
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#49159
12/01/2001 6:25 AM
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strange that you would conflate wwftd with awad -- what *have you been drinking? as for me, I would never, ever use such a mundane and worthful word for my diurnal offering.Many apologies for insulting your Royal Unworthfuless, tsuwm! I was in a hurry and, obviously, my mind did a flip on today's two site offerings. I won't let it happen again, I promise!  
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#49160
12/01/2001 6:30 AM
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I don't wish to sound rude......but what in conflation are you guys talking about!!? 
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#49161
12/01/2001 6:43 AM
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I use conflate when I want to leave people wondering exactly what I mean. And I use it properly, i.e. in the sense of melding things together. No one has EVER asked me what I mean ... 
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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#49162
12/01/2001 11:55 AM
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And hello to you, too, Keiva! Your verse bears repeating...
Teresa says, inebriety/sobriety/society/propriety ... variety!
Good to say, "Hiya,T! There's no impiety
in the contrariety carpals display.
Still, I've anxiety.
Each notariety
Has reached satiety surely, I pray?
...there's a glistening bit of Keiviety!
This is just a bit of whimsy: Why not read Dee-it-ee, Dye-it-ee?
WW
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#49163
04/10/2002 5:31 PM
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bill, remember this <ahem> discussion? here is a perfect use of the word upon which I stumbled whilst reading during my lunch today:
I deplore the current penchant for literary confession, spawned by our culture's conflation of two radically different concepts: celebrity and stature. - S. J. Gould, Rocks of Ages
(fused and confused :)
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#49164
04/10/2002 7:35 PM
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Celebrity = fools faces are often seen in public places. Stature = spectacular priapism.
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#49165
04/11/2002 9:46 PM
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2 : to combine (as two readings of a text) into a composite whole
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sorry, but isn't that gin and tonic??
Two elements (no, not in the chemical sense) combined into a perfect, composite whole!
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04/11/2002 9:55 PM
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