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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: One who roots for the underdog #67958 04/30/02 01:35 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Hi Robert, welcome aBoard. We have a similar expression in French but it is usually used to mean somebody is talking in a hoity-toity fashion. When a person talks using big words he would not usually use we say he is "taking out his 10-dollar words" (il sort ses mots à dix piastres) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted One who roots for the underdog Robert Payne 04/29/02 06:56 PM Re: One who roots for the underdog wwh 04/29/02 07:02 PM Re: One who roots for the underdog wwh 04/29/02 07:18 PM Re: One who roots for the underdog Wordwind 04/29/02 08:00 PM Re: One who roots for the underdog maverick 04/29/02 09:09 PM Re: One who roots for the underdog Alex Williams 04/29/02 09:32 PM Re: One who roots for the underdog consuelo 04/29/02 09:41 PM Re: One who roots for the underdog wofahulicodoc 04/30/02 07:47 PM Re: One who roots for the underdog Jackie 04/29/02 11:37 PM Re: One who roots for the underdog tsuwm 04/30/02 02:02 AM Re: One who roots for the underdog Jackie 04/30/02 12:13 PM Re: close but no cigar wwh 04/30/02 12:59 PM Re: close but no cigar wofahulicodoc 04/30/02 07:40 PM Re: One who roots for the underdog doc_comfort 05/01/02 05:01 AM Re: One who roots for the underdog Jackie 05/01/02 10:43 AM Re: One who roots for the underdog Angel 05/01/02 06:46 PM Re: One who roots for the underdog AphonicRants 04/30/02 02:33 PM Re: One who roots for the underdog tsuwm 04/30/02 03:02 PM Re: One who roots for the underdog wwh 04/30/02 03:13 PM Re: One who roots for the underdog Robert Payne 04/30/02 06:59 PM Re: One who roots for the underdog hev 04/30/02 01:03 AM Re: One who roots for the underdog belMarduk 04/30/02 01:35 AM Re: One who roots for the underdog Robert Payne 04/30/02 01:36 AM Re: One who roots for the underdog belMarduk 04/30/02 01:39 AM Re: One who roots for the underdog WhitmanO'Neill 04/30/02 02:41 AM Re: One who roots for the underdog doc_comfort 04/30/02 05:03 AM Re: One who roots for the underdog hev 04/30/02 05:14 AM Re: One who roots for the underdog Capital Kiwi 04/30/02 10:31 AM Re: Wombats and Kiwis hev 05/01/02 12:55 AM Which came first, the wombat or the Kiwi? TEd Remington 05/02/02 04:45 PM Re: One who roots for the underdog Bridget 04/30/02 07:54 AM 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,974 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,770 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 16 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,944 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,952 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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