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#210158 - 03/29/13 01:20 AM Blue Blond = [towhead de jour] is sad [Re: jenny jenny]
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blue brood - Smurfs
#210163 - 03/29/13 11:29 AM deus ex machia de jour [Re: wofahulicodoc]
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deus ex machina
PRONUNCIATION: (DAY-uhs eks MAH-kuh-nuh, -nah, MAK-uh-nuh)
MEANING:
noun: An unexpected or improbable person or event that saves a seemingly hopeless situation.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin deus ex machina, deus (god) + ex (from) + machina (machine), loan translation of Greek theos apo mekhanes. Earliest documented use: 1697.
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deus'sex machina - you wish
#210165 - 03/29/13 03:13 PM Joined: Jun 2008
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deus sex matchina
holy dating service
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#210171 - 03/30/13 02:53 AM Joined: May 2010
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#210173 - 03/30/13 10:53 AM Joined: Aug 2001
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Dems ex machina - any two Tammany politicians
(or Deux ex machina - Richard Daley and Richard Daley Jr, if you prefer Chicago politics)
Deus en machina - the cult of Jobs
Deus ex Bachina - the B-minor Mass, or any of several other out-of-this-world masterpieces
Deus ex mochina - choco-latte (Heavenly-flavored, of course)
#210185 - 03/31/13 02:45 PM Joined: Nov 2011
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Say-us ex machina - a "speak-your-weight" machine
Lay-us ex machina - let's not go there!
Ray-us ex machina - a sun bed
Way-us ex machina - a Sat-Nav
X-Ray-us ex machina - as used in Hospitals an Dental surgeries *at vast expense!)
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I'm immortal until proven otherwise
#210190 - 03/31/13 04:46 PM Joined: Jun 2008
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#210195 - 04/01/13 02:40 PM Joined: Jun 2010
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PRONUNCIATION: (mag-NAN-i-muhs)
MEANING: adjective: Generous or forgiving, especially towards a weak rival.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin magnanimus (great-souled), from magnus (great) + animus (soul, mind). Ultimately from the Indo-European root meg- (great), which also gave us magnificent, maharaja, master, mayor, maestro, magnate, magistrate, maximum, magnify, mahatma, magisterial, mickle, and hermetic. Earliest documented use: 1547.
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MAGNANIMOUSE- a mouse who forgives the cat's bad manners
#210203 - 04/02/13 01:20 AM Joined: Aug 2001
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MAŅANIMOUS - Inclined not to do today what can be put off to tomorrow...
#210205 - 04/02/13 01:33 AM Joined: Jun 2008
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people who live in Bahrain's capital
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