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Originally posted by Thomaster
It is Dutch 😉, it means 'eh'
Ähm... Isn't it more like "er"?

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onomatopoeia (on·o·mat·o·poe·ia)



n.
The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.


Arachibutyrophobia - Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

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Pandemonium - has come to signify bedlam, cacophony, chaos, but the original Pandaemonium was the 'palace of all devils' in Milton's ''Paradise Lost.''

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Originally posted by wormwood
[b]ctenophile (plural ctenophiles)

1. a lover of combs

1973: Making a show of looking for his comb which is, as usual, lost, suspect is known as a notorious ctenophile — Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow [/b]
You just got curious about what precedes "Cthulhuu" in the dictionary, from the look of your avatar.

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Originally posted by dizzyfingers
Pandemonium - has come to signify bedlam, cacophony, chaos, but the original Pandaemonium was the 'palace of all devils' in Milton's ''Paradise Lost.''
Thank's for the Milton link.

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mercurial.
i cant put my fingure on it but it means somthing.😲🙄

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Originally posted by secret squirrel
mercurial.
i cant put my fingure on it but it means somthing.😲🙄
Weak as skim milk. We all forgive noble failure but sloppy execution

is quite another thing. You did not really imagine you'd get away with

posturing as too cute on RB's thread or did you? Standards matter.

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Originally posted by ChronicLeaky
You just got curious about what precedes "Cthulhuu" in the dictionary, from the look of your avatar.
Cthulhu.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
Cthulhu.
PEHDTSCKJMBA!

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Originally posted by Nordlys
Ähm... Isn't it more like "er"?
😵

EDIT: I thought 'er' means 'he'.

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Originally posted by rbmorris
PEHDTSCKJMBA!
Strange dictionary!

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Inveterate... habitual, firmly established (from L.in, intensive + veterare, to become old, also veteran).



😴
Janissaries... originally a famous militia of the Ottoman empire; now used to describe

any loyal, submissive followers or supporters. "Yes-men" is sometimes implied.

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Weak as skim milk. We all forgive noble failure but sloppy execution

is quite another thing. You did not really imagine you'd get away with

posturing as too cute on RB's thread or did you? Standards matter.
endevour.
a boat with a couple of cooks?
i aint an edicated fella like yous all but

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Originally posted by secret squirrel
endevour.
a boat with a couple of cooks?
i aint an edicated fella like yous all but
You're already well aware that your chess rating betrays your verbal clown subterfuge.

Only unanswered question concerns your underlying purpose or possible motive.

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
You're already well aware that your chess rating betrays your verbal clown subterfuge.

Only unanswered question concerns your underlying purpose or possible motive.
naivete
the state or quality of being naive.
am i playing fair know.