Quit trying to intimidate with big words
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MarziPanda95 wrote: »It amuses me that some people here claim to have huge vocabularies yet don't seem to understand the meanings of the words 'sarcasm' and 'humour'.
Canadian or British, or just like using superfluous u's?
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JeffMeehan wrote: »I apologize if I offended anyone. I was just trying to be funny with my warped sense of humor!
I don't think anyone took your comment personal.
OP doesn't like French people so I better get out of here.
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__drmerc__ wrote: »The internet is one of the few refuges I have left to express the full breadth of my vocabulary.
I was cooking with my daughter and granddaughter the other day and I asked if I could use their "colander". My daughter asked if I could use the other word for it so they could know what I was talking about. Oh yeah, a sieve. Sheesh. So many great words, so few places to use them.
I call it a strainer
I thought a strainer was a set in which you strained a muscle.
"ahh, *kitten*..that was a strainer!"0 -
Oh, how this made me
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In a very well-loved children's book (by a certain Miss Potter) Benjamin Bunny's family was 'improvident and impecunious' -such delicious words! Don't force us all to select from only the practical or well-used options. Equal rights for all the words in the dictionary and those yet to be there!0
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Do you guys mean the bowl with holes in it? that's what we dummies around here call it.__drmerc__ wrote: »The internet is one of the few refuges I have left to express the full breadth of my vocabulary.
I was cooking with my daughter and granddaughter the other day and I asked if I could use their "colander". My daughter asked if I could use the other word for it so they could know what I was talking about. Oh yeah, a sieve. Sheesh. So many great words, so few places to use them.
I call it a strainer
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Heh.Cliffslosinit wrote: »
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Oh brother. Forget it, out. :sickemoticon:0
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious....
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__drmerc__ wrote: »La_Malfaisante wrote: »JeffMeehan wrote: »I apologize if I offended anyone. I was just trying to be funny with my warped sense of humor!
I don't think anyone took your comment personal.
OP doesn't like French people so I better get out of here.
Running away?
Yes, I'm about to go eat some French food and i'm taking my "attitude" with me
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MarziPanda95 wrote: »It amuses me that some people here claim to have huge vocabularies yet don't seem to understand the meanings of the words 'sarcasm' and 'humour'.
Canadian or British, or just like using superfluous u's?
*grumble grumble* kick you in the superfluous *grumble* eh...0 -
And why is the fear of long words, hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, such a long word?0
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__drmerc__ wrote: »La_Malfaisante wrote: »JeffMeehan wrote: »I apologize if I offended anyone. I was just trying to be funny with my warped sense of humor!
I don't think anyone took your comment personal.
OP doesn't like French people so I better get out of here.
Running away?
Touche!
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I'm with you...I find it exceedingly difficult to have a serious hippopotamus conversation these days. I blame the internet.Joannah700 wrote: »Hippopotamus is a big word. It has many letters and many syllables. I feel like we don't talk enough about hippopotamuses around here.
is it hippopotamuses or hippopotomi?
Both are acceptable. But hippopotamuses is much more fun to say. So I choose you hippopatamuses!
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Joannah700 wrote: »
I'm with you...I find it exceedingly difficult to have a serious hippopotamus conversation these days. I blame the internet.Joannah700 wrote: »Hippopotamus is a big word. It has many letters and many syllables. I feel like we don't talk enough about hippopotamuses around here.
is it hippopotamuses or hippopotomi?
Both are acceptable. But hippopotamuses is much more fun to say. So I choose you hippopatamuses!
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas, only a hippopotamus will do...
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I always endeavor to eschew obfuscation.0
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TheVirgoddess wrote: »The fact that you think people use "big" words in an effort to make you feel inferior says way more about you than it ever will about them.
I love words. I love reading about words, learning new words and learning the etymology of words.
This. If you don't understand what someone is saying, maybe it's a hint that you should pick up a dictionary or go to school to further your education/expand your knowledge.0 -
__drmerc__ wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »I am disinclined to aquiesce to your request.
What the hell? Do you even lift?
Wrong website guy.
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MarziPanda95 wrote: »It amuses me that some people here claim to have huge vocabularies yet don't seem to understand the meanings of the words 'sarcasm' and 'humour'.
Canadian or British, or just like using superfluous u's?
British ^-^0 -
This is a very cromulent post.0
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Looks like I need to go learn how to pronounicate my vocabules better.....0
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Do you speak Swahili? Cause if you don't understand what some guy speaking Swahili says, that speaks more about you than it does about him.FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »TheVirgoddess wrote: »The fact that you think people use "big" words in an effort to make you feel inferior says way more about you than it ever will about them.
I love words. I love reading about words, learning new words and learning the etymology of words.
This. If you don't understand what someone is saying, maybe it's a hint that you should pick up a dictionary or go to school to further your education/expand your knowledge.
Maybe you should go back to school and learn some Swahili. Just sayin'.
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__drmerc__ wrote: »I noticed some posters around here are trying to bully others by using big words we/I don't understand. That's not going to work, we are pretty smart and figure things out too
We should all be here to support each other on our journeys
If we were friends I would be getting you a dictionary for Christmas. Jusssayin.
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MarziPanda95 wrote: »It amuses me that some people here claim to have huge vocabularies yet don't seem to understand the meanings of the words 'sarcasm' and 'humour'.
Canadian or British, or just like using superfluous u's?
Or just like spelling things correctly?
But seriously, if you have access to this site, you have access to google. Look up the word or phrase you don't know and learn something. Ffs0 -
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Joannah700 wrote: »
I'm with you...I find it exceedingly difficult to have a serious hippopotamus conversation these days. I blame the internet.Joannah700 wrote: »Hippopotamus is a big word. It has many letters and many syllables. I feel like we don't talk enough about hippopotamuses around here.
is it hippopotamuses or hippopotomi?
Both are acceptable. But hippopotamuses is much more fun to say. So I choose you hippopatamuses!
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas, only a hippopotamus will do...
No crocodiles, or rhinocerusesesesesesessssss....0
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