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#161583 08/16/06 07:39 PM
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I'm seeing 100s of hits more than the usual slow summer's day due to the subject word being OneLook's WOTD. but I don't see clinchpoop "in the news" -- izzit a crossword clue or something like that? ]

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thank goodness it doesn't mean what I thought it might...


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It's not far off what I thought.
I think I'll start using it since both the sound and the definition suit one of tha people I work with.

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Quote:

thank goodness it doesn't mean what I thought it might...




near as I can tell, this uptick was caused by a new entry in the urban dictionary which is probably closer to what you thought it might mean.
happily, it is being voted down.

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it is being voted down. So, the urban dictionary is one of those wiki things? (She said, having no memory of ever looking at the thing.)

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So, the urban dictionary is one of those wiki things?

No, the Urban Dictionary is not a wiki. It's an online dictionary where the definitions are written by users and then voted on.


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Thank you.

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> So, the urban dictionary is one of those wiki things? (She said, having no memory of ever looking at the thing.)

I know you don't like to take links provided; but, really, that one was harmless and (I think) helpful.

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clinchpoop was used earlier this week on the Bill O'Reiley show on FOX News.

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>on FOX News.

no wonder I didn't see it!

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