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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Close enough for government work #35940 07/20/01 07:48 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) N nancyk OP addict OP nancyk addict N Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) when did the expression change Good question. Even my government-employed husband uses the phrase with the negative connotation. Maybe the original survey was the very rare exception and the expression originally was used ironically? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Adminisphere and more nancyk 07/19/01 08:12 PM Re: Adminisphere and more of troy 07/19/01 08:41 PM Re: Adminisphere and more AnnaStrophic 07/19/01 08:54 PM Close enough for government work Jackie 07/20/01 02:03 AM Re: Close enough for government work belMarduk 07/20/01 05:03 PM Re: Close enough for government work nancyk 07/20/01 07:48 PM Re: Adminisphere and more wow 07/21/01 04:02 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 Posts229,371 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 (), 803 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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