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#212955 - 10/24/13 01:10 AM Out! Out all! Beware November next year! [Re: wofahulicodoc]
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ERECIDIVISM - united we stand IIII divided we fall ////
#212956 - 10/24/13 03:05 AM All in vein [Re: jenny jenny]
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MIEN
PRONUNCIATION: (meen)
MEANING: noun: Appearance, bearing, or demeanor.
ETYMOLOGY:
Probably a shortened form of demean (to conduct oneself in a specified manner), influenced by French mine (appearance). Earliest documented use: 1522.
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AMIEN - the close of a self-centered man's prayer
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----please, draw me a sheep----
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Now I know how you feel, J-J ! Luke, you took the words out of my mouth! I would have tried to be cutesier, a la
RIEN - "Don't be fooled by that fancy claim, in Paris it means nothing..."
Here's Plan B:
MICEN, pronounced meissen
1) German pottery
2) Steinbeck story about two men, one mentally challenged, exploring the theme Are You a Man or a Mouse? ["Of Micen Men"]
#212969 - 10/25/13 03:30 AM Joined: Jun 2010
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Of "of micen men" : Only a mien man would punctuate Steinbeck's great novella.
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AUTOCHTHONOUS
PRONUNCIATION:
(o-TOK-thuh-nuhs)
MEANING:
adjective:
1. Aboriginal; indigenous.
2. Formed or originating in the place where found.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek autochthon (of the land itself), from auto- (self) + chthon (earth, land). Ultimately from the Indo-European root dhghem- (earth), which also sprouted human, homicide, humble, homage, chamomile, exhume, inhume, chthonic, disinter, chameleonic, and Persian zamindar (landholder). Earliest documented use: 1804. The opposite of this term is allochthonous.
(Why does it look so familiar, even in this context?)
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(Because of the Word for August 16, just nine weeks ago, that's why.)
AUTOCATHONOUS ("auto-cath-in-us") - technical name for when the car mechanic puts that little tube in your tailpipe to measure emissions, so you can get your inspection sticker
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n > m
AUTOCATHOMOUS - The autothomus C. A. Thomous who was widely unknown for being the second man to invent the American automobile.
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