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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Dis This! #182641 02/15/09 11:59 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick OP Carpal Tunnel OP musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago Disdain. "I don't disdain you, I, actually, dain you". The word origin(s) seems to have a prefix "de" / "des"... turned into the now *pronounced "dis". Are they prefixes... or even a hint of one implied? Deconstructionism for its own sake? Humour me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Dis This! musick 02/15/09 11:59 PM Re: Dis This! tsuwm 02/16/09 12:07 AM Re: Dis This! olly 02/16/09 03:46 AM Re: Dis This! BranShea 02/21/09 12:23 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,344 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 (), 782 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 20 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,546 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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