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#94560 02/04/03 05:27 PM
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#94561 02/04/03 07:26 PM
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Wow! Thanks, Dr. Bill! I never knew that '-xen-' means 'foreign'. I think they went a little far in a couple from this group, though:
-dom 'state of ...'

alcoholdom, angeldom, antdom, beggardom, birddom, bishopdom, Christendom, citizendom, doctordom, dukedom, exiledom, fabledom, factordom, fairydom, fossildom, gangdom, Hebrewdom, Jewdom, kittendom, Manchesterdom, Maoridom, Mormondom, motherdom, orphandom, playerdom, pygmydom, richdom, Serbdom, serfdom, teacherdom, Torydom, vassaldom, Yahoodom, Yankeedom, Zuludom


Yahoodom?? Come on...!



#94562 02/04/03 07:28 PM
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is "googledom" on that list?



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and I could only get half-way through the "xeno" list...

everytime I tried to read any further, I only got half-way...…



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#94564 02/04/03 07:32 PM
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"caco"? is that where we get "kaka"?

and I want to live in a cosmocracy...

and be a snobocrat.

lol hehe.



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#94565 02/05/03 01:40 AM
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if "dom" = "state of," then what is a condom? <eg>


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if "dom" = "state of," then what is a condom? A state of antipathy? ;-)


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I'm disappointed that they haven't discovered the 'pyg' family yet.


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Perhaps the sow hasn't farrowed yet.

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if "dom" = "state of," then what is a condom? A state of antipathy? ;-)

No, it's a state of conning, 'cause guys get cheated out of true sensation.




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