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04-15-16, 06:24 AM | #32 |
Chief of the Boat
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Billingsgate
Definition: coarsely abusive language
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04-21-16, 04:29 PM | #33 |
Difficulties Numbing
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"really" and "quite".
For instance, consider the difference between:-
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04-21-16, 05:05 PM | #34 |
Difficulties Numbing
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...and don't get me started on "rather"
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04-21-16, 05:30 PM | #35 |
Born to Run Silent
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One phrase I am supremely tired of hearing is "at the end of the day"
Gwd, I hear that 50 times a day,
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04-21-16, 06:10 PM | #36 |
Difficulties Numbing
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At the end?
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04-21-16, 07:14 PM | #37 |
Born to Run Silent
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04-21-16, 08:21 PM | #38 |
Navy Seal
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So, at the end of the day, it really gets on your wick?...
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04-22-16, 06:48 AM | #39 |
Chief of the Boat
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Snickersnee
Definition: 1 archaic : to engage in cut-and-thrust fighting with knives 2 : a large knife Example: "Oh, never shall I / Forget the cry, / Or the shriek that shrieked he, / As I gnashed my teeth, / When from its sheath / I drew my snickersnee!" — The Mikado by W. S. Gilbert About the Word: Snickersnee comes from the Dutch phrase steken of snijden, "to thrust or cut." Over time, snick and snee, snick-or-snee, and snickersnee followed.
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