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Some schmuck on wikipedia spends all of his time looking for articles on portmanteaus and inserting "this word is a portmanteau" into the article along with a link to the portmanteau article. Within five minutes of learning the word "portmanteau" I hated it.
I think the same guy looks for articles in which to insert a link to "eponymous."<p style="font-size:1024px">HTML is disabled in signatures</p>
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I've always enjoyed defenestrate. It's just such an awfully specific word for a very specific method of killing someone."My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
"The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud
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Likewise. It's such an unusual way to die that I'd definitely prefer to go that way (assuming I die from impacting with the ground and not from bleeding to death from a thousand tiny cuts). "Hey remember loinburger?" "No, should I?" "He was the dude who got defenestrated!" "Oh yeah! That was awesome!"<p style="font-size:1024px">HTML is disabled in signatures</p>
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Defenestrate is an awesome word. Not quite as awesome as parthenogenesis, but nothing is as awesome as parthenogenesis.Libraries are state sanctioned, so they're technically engaged in privateering. - Felch
I thought we're trying to have a serious discussion? It says serious in the thread title!- Al. B. Sure
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As a law student, I'd like to see the words "substantial," "reasonable," and "undue" permanently deleted from the English language.
(Yes, I know that would hurt my chances at employment, and yes, it'd be worth it.)
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