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azoqueterse (Spanish): "to become a duffer"


@the-gravedigger said
A commonly used phrase thought to have originated in Eastern Canada (colloq.)
Where does shut up come from? Back in the 1400s, shut up was a verb phrase meaning “to secure something away in a receptacle.” By the 1500s, shut up had evolved to variously mean “confine someone,” “close a door or window,” or “bring to a conclusion.” May 30, 2018

-VR


@great-big-stees said
Entrepreneur, French for entrepreneur.πŸ€”
What's French for aubergine?


@trev33 said
What's French for aubergine?
aubergine → aubergine, eggplant, brinjal, egg-fruit. aubergine → eggplant.

eggplant would be the answer.

-VR

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i disagree
@very-rusty is an independent operator and his foibles are all his own
just because he dolts about like a constipated clydesdale, crapping in the street, does not mean that the ghost chamber is in any way to blame for his garbage

other than that
you are awesomely correct

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edit 2: i just looked, and he belongs to 15 (FIFTEEN) clubs

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@rookie54 said
i disagree
@very-rusty is an independent operator and his foibles are all his own
just because he dolts about like a constipated clydesdale, crapping in the street, does not mean that the ghost chamber is in any way to blame for his garbage

other than that
you are awesomely correct

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edit 2: i just looked, and he belongs to 15 (FIFTEEN) clubs
Someone has to shake things up and not be a part of the pack. πŸ™‚ πŸ˜›

You have to really learn some manners there rookie! πŸ™‚

I belong to 15 clubs, but mainly am in the Ghost Chamber trying to improve my chess, and am fairly well mannered in there if I want to compare myself to you rookie. πŸ™‚ That is up to others to judge not you or me.

-VR



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Settle down boy, watch the old blood pressure there! πŸ™‚

-VR


@rookie54

Howli, Hawaiian word for white mainlanders.


@kevin-eleven said
azoqueterse (Spanish): "to become a duffer"
That's easy for you to say, bubba πŸ˜‰


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Manners rookie manners.

Look it up. πŸ™‚

We haven't had a game of chess in a few years. Lets have a couple!@

-VR


@Kaput - exhausted; ready to collapse.

German in origin, used frequently by English speakers (in America)

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@Paddy-wagon - police car being used to arrest somebody - for things like being in a drunken brawl

Irish in origin, still used by English speakers (in America), don't know who Paddy is πŸ™‚

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