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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: ponce/social climber/snoot #5529 08/26/00 08:12 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 W william enthusiast william enthusiast W Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 does anyone remember the show "lost in space"? dr. smith was a ponce (amongst other things). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ponce/social climber/snoot #5530 08/27/00 01:59 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky >>Those suggestions don't convery the "effete" quality of ponce Got it, Anna! "Priss". Though the noun is less commonly used than the adjective. Sure, william, I remember Lost in Space! "Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!" (robot arms waving wildly) Barney Fife was quite prissy as well, though without financial aspirations. Also Niles, and Frazier to some extent. And one of The Odd Couple--I think Felix. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter More poncing about #5531 09/09/00 06:26 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Is Michael Quinlon one of our members? He discusses poncey in the 2 Sept. issue of the worldwide newsletter which you can read here: http:// listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0009a&L=worldwidewords&D=1&F=&S=&P=97 Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,878 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 327 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 24 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,891 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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