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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread bartleby's word and quote of the day. #54492 01/31/2002 12:15 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Gimme a word post! says ASp, at http://216.12.219.209/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=53518&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&vc=1#Post53518 Ever one to oblige a lady, I direct your attention to today's daily word and the daily quotation at http://bartleby.com, faldages favorite on-line dictionary. For those of you who may not check before today ends and bartleby changes, today's the word, definition and quotation appear below. marplot NOUN: An officious meddler whose interference compromises the success of an undertaking. ETYMOLOGY: After Marplot, a character in The Busy Body, a play by Susannah Centlivre Quotation (author born on this date, January 30, in 1882): "When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him." Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bartleby's word and quote of the day. #54493 01/31/2002 3:21 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Ah, yes, CK's wife had a close encounter with a rattler in...shoot, somewhere on the East coast--North Carolina? It was his fault, too. As to marplot--I felt my face strangely warm, reading that. I fear I have been known to be a marplot in my time. Mixed results. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bartleby's word and quote of the day. #54494 01/31/2002 10:07 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Ah, yes, CK's wife had a close encounter with a rattler in...shoot, somewhere on the East coast--North Carolina? Virginia. Shenandoah Valley. Skyline Drive. The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bartleby's word and quote of the day. #54495 02/01/2002 1:55 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Keiva, how do you pronounce that? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bartleby's word and quote of the day. #54496 02/01/2002 6:28 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 bel, YCLIU: http://bartleby.com Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: bartleby's word and quote of the day. #54497 02/02/2002 1:17 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Jackie: The only plots you could ever have marred were those of rascals. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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