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Talltale's post brought this to mind . . . several months ago I coined (or so I think) the phrase "Mama mia, 'atsa lotta onomatopoeia!" It just allows me to indulge in the word I love all that much more, and its a fun, unpretentious, way to turn others on to it. Whaddaya thinka?
Here's another I coined, "Just say no to perfunctory ammenities", I've only marched it out a handful of times in the fifteen years since its inception because it can come off as insouciant when really I just find relief in its healthy aversion to convention.
Oh okay, one last one . . . "crimes against inanity"; this is a play on "crimes against humanity" and I made it up to describe anyone who is disciplined or persecuted for outgrowing an underchallenging environment. Its kind of a sleeper, but in some ways its my favorite.
Exciting to associate with you all.
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Hello Oortboy (does your name have any special meaning, it's interesting) and WELCOME aBoard!
I like your phrases, and I'm wandering off to my little dictionary as we speak to look up some of them big words you used! ![](/board/images/icons/smile.gif)
Don't forget to read the FAQ in Information & Announcements - there's a lot of handy stuff in there for 'newbees'. [sic]
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Oortboy? Isn't that what the French call an oboe? ![](/board/images/icons/laugh.gif) Why go insane when you can save your "s" and just go inane?
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It popped into to my mind that I should explain my user name while making that previous (my first) post, but I forgot to by the time I ended the post. (And -- but of course -- of my first two responses you both ask about it.) Long story short: the "Oort belt" is a belt of asteroids way out in our galaxy, and if I'm not mistaken I think I read or heard once that its where most comets are thought to come from. It just means I can be pretty 'far out' sometimes.
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Dear Oortboy: I think you may be a bit "far out". It seems to me that the Oort cloud is made up of smaller objects than those called asteroids. Here's a URL about it: http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/kboc.html
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