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#1 Apr 09 2007 at 7:42 AM Rating: Good
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abecedarian \ay-bee-see-DAIR-ee-uhn\, noun:
1. One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a beginner.
2. One engaged in teaching the alphabet.

I done never heard uh dat one befour.
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#2 Apr 09 2007 at 7:45 AM Rating: Excellent
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Well, it's rather sesquipedalian.

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#3 Apr 09 2007 at 7:45 AM Rating: Excellent
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"N" is for "knowledge"!
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#4 Apr 09 2007 at 7:56 AM Rating: Decent
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Nexa wrote:
Well, it's rather sesquipedalian.

Nexa


That's my favorite word ever.
#5 Apr 09 2007 at 7:58 AM Rating: Good
I plugged "self-indulgent-intellectual" into a thesaurus and it spit out "pointy-head".

So there you go, neener.

#6 Apr 09 2007 at 9:00 AM Rating: Decent
It sounds exactly like what it means. I like it, although I'm not likely to use it.
#7 Apr 09 2007 at 9:08 AM Rating: Excellent
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yossarian wrote:
It sounds exactly like what it means. I like it, although I'm not likely to use it.


While I like the sound of it, I generally avoid words that have two nearly opposite meanings. I find that irritating.

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#8 Apr 10 2007 at 1:19 AM Rating: Good
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Fools, Noddies, Imbeciles and Nincompoops!

This is the Assylum.

The word of the day is 'cnut'.

Every day.

Gottit?
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#9 Apr 10 2007 at 1:25 AM Rating: Decent
Nobby wrote:
Fools, Noddies, Imbeciles and Nincompoops!

This is the Assylum.

The word of the day is 'an cnut'.

Every day.

Gottit?



FTFY
#10 Apr 10 2007 at 3:13 AM Rating: Decent
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Demea wrote:
"N" is for "knowledge"!

It is also for why I need to get an alarm system for my house.
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