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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: nadir #71580 05/29/02 08:28 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 rock bottom" = Pygmalion's girlfriend in beginning Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: nadir #71581 05/29/02 08:36 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York "rock bottom" = Pygmalion's girlfriend in beginning Dr. Bill, If I were TEd I'd begin to worry about my position as Eminent Punster. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: superlative #71582 05/29/02 08:47 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA What are some other useful (or even useless) words for "lowest point"? Maybe abyssal or abysmal, but I'm reminded by a post below of the opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities, my favorite of any book. It was the best of times, it was worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way. In short, the period was so far like the present period that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being recieved, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. k Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: nadir #71583 05/29/02 09:08 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England rock bottom Sure I've told this one before, but it still makes me chuckle. Many moons ago a local ("shoegazer") band issued a bunch of promotional stickers, which were all over town: THE REGULAR GUYS How low can you get? At the bottom of one of them a wag scribbled: Lower. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: nadir #71584 05/29/02 09:21 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA G Geoff old hand Geoff old hand G Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA acmes... Ya been watchin' Road Runner cartoons, Dub Dub? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Roadrunner #71585 05/29/02 09:23 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Ya been watchin' Road Runner cartoons, Dub Dub? Yeah, Wile E. Coyote--ain't he a blast? TNT regards, DubDub Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: nadir #71586 05/29/02 09:45 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "acme" Then there is the "acne" of perfection, achieved by so many. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,331 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 854 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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