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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #120 on: October 27, 2008, 03:53:08 PM »
Bibliophile...  Never heard of that one!  All these words are hurting my brain  :sad:
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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #121 on: November 01, 2008, 09:28:09 PM »


Okay, you'll LOVE this one!:


nares [nar·es]


–plural noun, singular nar·is [nair-is]

the nostrils or the nasal passages.



[Origin: 1685–95; < L nārés, pl. of nāris a nostril; see nose]



When she was four my little sister shot milk out her nares when I told a joke at the breakfast table!  :milknose:

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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #122 on: November 01, 2008, 09:36:31 PM »
I have never heard that word before!

Anyway, in grade school, I got a dime stuck in my right naris. You know they have those ridges? Well that thing was stuck waaaay up in there and it hurt to pull on it! The nurse used vaseline. And it was pennies for me and my nares from then on! Now that I've matured, I can use nickels.

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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #123 on: November 02, 2008, 10:25:03 AM »
Quote from: BFM_JANE on November 01, 2008, 09:36:31 PM

Anyway, in grade school, I got a dime stuck in my right naris. You know they have those ridges? Well that thing was stuck waaaay up in there and it hurt to pull on it! The nurse used vaseline. And it was pennies for me and my nares from then on! Now that I've matured, I can use nickels.

:LOL:

Really? I got a rock up my naris in like preschool, a very interesting experience it was  :P
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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #124 on: November 13, 2008, 04:17:27 PM »
As long as it was not the Rock of Gibralta, I am sure you will be ok...
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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #125 on: December 01, 2008, 10:29:32 AM »

[A hush falls over the crowd...]:


nepotism [nep-uh-tiz-uhm]


– noun
patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.


[Origin: 1655–65; < It nepotismo. See nephew, -ism]



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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #126 on: December 06, 2008, 01:30:41 AM »
I work with the local Authority tis common place there

Our Monachy suffers with this too.......

Jobs for the boys in most famly run enterprises
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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #127 on: January 06, 2009, 01:26:29 PM »


Wow.  This thread has all but died, methinks....  ::)

So goes another dead language!  ;D



Oh well, time for some attempted resuscitation?



expunge [ik-spuhnj]


–verb (used with object), -punged, -pung⋅ing.
1.    to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate.
2.    to efface; wipe out or destroy.


[1595–1605; < L expungere to blot out, erase, equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + pungere to prick]



I often use my radar (actually a motion tracker...  ::) ) in Halo to assure that I expunge enemy hogs "with extreme prejudice" before they even get a shot off!  ::)  :P

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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #128 on: January 06, 2009, 01:33:00 PM »
When playing "Zelda, Twilight Princess", I attempt to expunge the darkness with my light filled master sword.
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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #129 on: January 07, 2009, 10:40:56 AM »
I really would like to expunge the record of that "special relativity" thread in Cogitative corner, but it hangs there as a grim reminder of mistakes past.
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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #130 on: January 07, 2009, 11:01:19 AM »
Quote from: jim360 on January 07, 2009, 10:40:56 AM
I really would like to expunge the record of that "special relativity" thread in Cogitative corner, but it hangs there as a grim reminder of mistakes past.

Ditto :P
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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #131 on: January 08, 2009, 10:52:59 PM »
Quote from: ·WídgêT· on January 07, 2009, 11:01:19 AM
Quote from: jim360 on January 07, 2009, 10:40:56 AM
I really would like to expunge the record of that "special relativity" thread in Cogitative corner, but it hangs there as a grim reminder of mistakes past.

Ditto :P

Lame  :P



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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #132 on: January 12, 2009, 03:22:27 PM »
Mmmm

Expunge

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an

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percussion

instrument

now used

as a

chair.................

Ex-punge
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'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.'





TALL SHIPS RACE COMES BACK TO SHETLAND









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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #133 on: February 03, 2009, 02:50:34 PM »


I think I'll just expunge that last word....

And replace it with!:


co⋅gent [koh-juhnt]


–adjective
1.    convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
2.    to the point; relevant; pertinent.


[1650–60; < L cōgent- (s. of cōgēns, prp. of cōgere to drive together, collect, compel), equiv. to cōg- (co- co- + ag-, s. of agere to drive) + -ent- -ent]



I am SO glad that "concerned BFM Halo Race citizens" made a cogent argument for the BFM "All Nav" Infinity map and it's now being tested in servers 1 and 5!!!
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Re: Mr. Mxy's Word Corner
« Reply #134 on: February 15, 2009, 10:03:26 PM »
I'm trying to think up a cogent argument to have MR MIXY expunged......................!!!! :toot:

My word...........exanimate         ....dead,lacking animation,spiritless....

Not sure of ze rools but!! :doh:

ps:nothin personal :yesyes:
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