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#56674 03/08/02 02:52 PM
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Moribund? Dear boronia, you must be Joke-und.jocund


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I confess, there was a time when I was more rotund than jocund


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Dear boronia: I hope that no sorrow may obtund your sense of humor.


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now I am stun(ne)d -- what is obtund??


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ob[tund 79b tund$8
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5ME obtunden < L obtundere, to strike at, blunt < ob3 (see OB3) + tundere, to strike < IE *(s)teud3, to strike > STOCK6 to make blunt or dull; make less acute; deaden

Dear boronia, I hope annyonce did not make your countenace rubicund.

ru[bi[cund 7r14b! kund#8
adj.
5Fr rubicond < L rubicundus < ruber, RED6 reddish; ruddy
ru#bi[cun4di[ty 73kun4d! tc8
n.



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darn - can't think of any more UND words with which to reboUND!


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Take your dictionary back and ask for a refund.


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you seem to have a rather fecund mind - bravo
(do you have any friends named Edmund?)


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Dear borovia: you win. I couldn't think of fecund. Perhaps that's because only female things can be fecund.
My mind may be f'd up, but not capable of being impregnated. And my testosterone levels are so low, my voice is no longer orotund.

No basso profund-o am I.


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Oh, Dr bill i wish i could give you some of my testosterone!
now that my estrogen levels are falling, i am slowly turning into a circus freak show item.. the great bearded lady!


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