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Here's a clever bit of logomachy making its way around the e-mail circuit.
If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed and dry cleaners depressed? Laundry workers could decrease, eventually becoming depressed and depleted!
Even more, bedmakers will be debunked, baseball players will be debased, landscapers will be deflowered, bulldozer operators will be degraded, organ donors will be delivered, software engineers will be detested, the BVD company will be debriefed, and even musical composers will eventually decompose.
On a more positive note though, perhaps we can hope politicians will be devoted.
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Jeff, you are really clever! Loved your list of de-words.
How about un-words. Perhaps they'd all be unspoken...
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Hi Gin,
Although I may be clever, I cannot take credit for the
'de-' words item. I received it from someone else, who received it from someone else, who ...
I felt it was clever too, and wanted to share it with AWAD folks. I'm Glad you liked it.
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Hmmm, un words...
Recovered assault victims are unabashed (I can make this terrible joke because I am one), auctioneers are unbidden, bookbinders are unbounded, electrical engineers are uncivil, and old virgins are uneasy!
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And, perhaps, "End-of-the-Worlders" will be deceased, air conditioning workers will be deducted, and studs will be desired!
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And no doubt a successful weight-watcher is an example to us all. Sorry! I am really only posting this (#20) to see if perchance it converts me to a "newbie"!
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Oh no, not twenty-five! I presume that "spamming" the forums is not an acceptable procedure, so I will try to provide some reasonably constructive input in order to achieve my (immediate) goal.
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I saw these someplace and copied down a few I felt were choice...but I can't give proper credit....We used them at the Literacy Library to try and explain the hundreds of ways we refer to death in our language...Psheesh!
Old bowlers never die, they just end up in the gutter.
Old bridge players never die, they just lose their finesse.
Old cleaning people never die, they just kick the bucket.
Old computer programmers never die, they just byte the dust.
Old exorcists never die, they just give up the ghost.
Old frogs never die, they just croak.
Old hippies never die, they just go up in smoke.
Old librarians never die, they just check out.
Old yachtsmen never die, they just keel over....
etc...etc...
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Jeff, you should check out the Washington Post crossword, "They're Fired," from the Sunday, January 23, 2000 paper. The theme is similar to your message. In fact, 73-Across is clued as "He's debased" -- wanna guess the answer?
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