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04-08-2013, 06:55 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Learned a new word today
I learned a new word today - sesquipedalian.
In fact, I had no idea I was a sesquipedalian poster until now. 
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04-08-2013, 07:13 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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Heck, I'm a Methodist myself. Glat to meet'cha
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04-08-2013, 07:19 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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I hope it's not contagious. I have hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia.
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No doubt a continuous prosperity, though spendthrift, is preferable to an economy thriftily moral, though lean. Nevertheless, that prosperity would seem more soundly shored if, by a saving grace, more of us had the grace to save.
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04-08-2013, 09:59 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by David1961
I learned a new word today - sesquipedalian.
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That's been one of my favorites for decades. 
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Yeah well, that's just, ya know, like, your opinion, man. ~ The Dude
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04-08-2013, 10:06 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Quote:
Originally Posted by David1961
I learned a new word today - sesquipedalian.
In fact, I had no idea I was a sesquipedalian poster until now. |
Tell me all about it, leave nothing out.
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04-08-2013, 11:09 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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I think my brain is hurting 
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04-09-2013, 05:27 AM
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I'm still searching for a monosyllabic equivalent to sesquipedalian. 
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04-09-2013, 05:30 AM
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Moderator
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Does it hurt? And is it contagious?
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When I was a kid I wanted to be older. This is not what I expected.
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04-09-2013, 05:32 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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One should always try to eschew obfuscation...
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"The future's uncertain, and the end is always near. Let it roll, baby, roll." - The Doors
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04-09-2013, 05:52 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
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Have Funds, Will Retire
...not doing anything of true substance...
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