Originally posted by Wheelythose fascists! the wheel was probably a bit flat, thus threatening the homeland security of the social welfare state! it was flown to spain in government health program for depressed tires, where it basked in warmth of the sun and eventually was flown back all purdy and inflated again. that's the way they do things in norway, I hear. what a horrible place to live.
That's nothing!!
Weird things happen in Norway too.
Someone stole the back wheel of my bicycle when I had left it chained near a train station. However, the thief had replaced it with an older wheel and adjusted the brakes so I didn't even notice until I got home a saw it was actually a different colour.
Originally posted by wormwoodIt was more likely to have been taken away for a refresher course in islamofascismination. I believe it forgot to face Mecca once while I was cycling to the station.
those fascists! the wheel was probably a bit flat, thus threatening the homeland security of the social welfare state! it was flown to spain in government health program for depressed tires, where it basked in warmth of the sun and eventually was flown back all purdy and inflated again. that's the way they do things in norway, I hear. what a horrible place to live.
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Originally posted by dylCompare:
There once was a Yank they called Chancre
Who purposely set out to ranker.
He started a thread
To honour the dead
And came off as a right royal wanker.
Thank you, thank you.
Ranker: 1) Shallow, stony, immature soils eg. on rocky hill mounts; 2) one who serves or has served in the ranks; especially : a commissioned officer promoted from the ranks.
Rancor: bitter deep-seated ill will
Also note they do not rhyme.
EDIT: Hooray for broadened vocabulary due to M:tG.
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Originally posted by XanthosNZBut is rancour (note the 'u'😉 the word I was searching for? To work in that context it would have to be phrased "to cause rancour". It's been bothering me for the last 10 minutes. Ranker feels right, but I'm having difficulty proving it to myself.
Compare:
Ranker: 1) Shallow, stony, immature soils eg. on rocky hill mounts; 2) one who serves or has served in the ranks; especially : a commissioned officer promoted from the ranks.
Rancor: bitter deep-seated ill will
Also note they do not rhyme.
EDIT: Hooray for broadened vocabulary due to M:tG.
What about this, from dictionary.com:
rank2 Audio pronunciation of "ranker" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (rngk)
adj. rank•er, rank•est
1. Growing profusely or with excessive vigor: rank vegetation in the jungle.
2. Yielding a profuse, often excessive crop; highly fertile: rank earth.
3. Strong and offensive in odor or flavor.
4. Conspicuously offensive: rank treachery. See Synonyms at flagrant.
5. Absolute; complete: a rank amateur; a rank stranger.
As to the rhyming, it rolls off my tongue the same way. I suspect the Kiwi accent is the culprit.
Originally posted by wormwoodYou sound just like that suicide bomber in that video on the telly - in fact I'd say you were him if he wasn't pushing up daisies. 😲
you started it all. although WTC-strike was horribly unjust attrocity to the people getting killed, you've been begging for it for decades now. it's a miracle such things don't happen more with your warmongering history in the middle east. you've made the bed, now you're sleeping in it.
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Originally posted by dyl[/i]Rancour: British variant of Rancor.
But is rancour (note the 'u'😉 the word I was searching for? It's been bothering me for the last 10 minutes. Ranker feels right, but I'm having difficulty proving it to myself.
What about this, from dictionary.com:
[i]rank2 Audio pronunciation of "ranker" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (rngk)
adj. rank•er, rank•est
1. Growing profusely or with excessive ...[text shortened]... he rhyming: it rolls off my tongue the same way. I suspect the Kiwi accent is the culprit.
(from m-w)
The defintion of rank you posted would allow ranker to be used like so:
"The first treachery was rank, the second however was ranker."
It's a comparative of rank. It wouldn't make sense in the context you put it in.