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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: Is there a word for 'rendered useless'? #58844 02/27/02 03:55 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 I am much undone that this matter wasn't brought to my immediate attention, with my being the master of worthless words. but, much having already been said, I hope that these additions won't be floccipaucinihilipilified or found to be supererogated. in the sense of being worn out or used up: dibilitated, dissipated, consumed in the sense of being moved out of the way: displaced, malpositioned in the sense of being made ineffective: invalidated, muzzled, negated, neutralized, stultified in the sense of being made redundant: redunded Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is there a word for 'rendered useless'? #58845 02/27/02 04:24 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York R Rubrick addict Rubrick addict R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York I can think of only one word: banjaxed Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #58846 02/27/02 07:42 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is there a word for 'rendered useless'? #58847 02/28/02 02:42 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky How about depreciating (and depreciated)? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 86 #58848 02/28/02 03:32 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 B Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran B Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 "Adam and Eve on a raft" = 2 poached eggs on toast Then there is the famous SOS (sh*t on a shingle) = creamed dried or chipped beef on toast, which did not originate in lunchrooms, but in Army mess halls. This is so ubiquitous that I don't know of anyone who uses the real name except when ordering it in a restaurant. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 86 #58849 02/28/02 03:49 AM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US S slithy toves enthusiast slithy toves enthusiast S Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US Has anyone ever really ordered that in a restaurant? I couldn't imagine paying to eat it. (Yes, I was in the army--a long time, but there are some things you don't ever forget.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is there a word for 'rendered useless'? #58850 02/28/02 05:51 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC "Gelded," said Tom limply. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is there a word for 'rendered useless'? #58851 03/01/02 07:45 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... incapacitated...though something can be incapacitated without being rendered useless. Usually totally incapacitated is used to indicate total uselessness. 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