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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread secreted #83852 10/18/2002 9:21 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 From latest TIME magazine, p 54+55 "[Satellite] intelligence would also guide US commandos to the right places once they secreted inside Iraq....." Translation, please? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: secreted #83853 10/18/2002 9:26 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass secret v. [verbing the noun] [f. secret n. In the inflected forms it is not easy to distinguish between "secret and secrete v.] trans. To keep secret, conceal, hide. ergo, 'once they hid inside Iraq.' Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: secreted #83854 10/18/2002 9:46 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 If the article had said "once they were secreted inside Iraq", it would have made sense. It would mean that they had been dripped from a pipette rather than dropped from an aircraft ... The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: secreted #83855 10/18/2002 9:59 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... In reply to: If the article had said "once they were secreted inside Iraq", it would have made sense. It would mean that they had been dripped from a pipette rather than dropped from an aircraft ... Ha! Whatcha drinkin' tonight, Cap? 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 Website 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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