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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #285 on: March 16, 2014, 07:35:57 PM »
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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #286 on: March 25, 2014, 11:53:59 AM »
Clerihew
severe and stately form of free verse
Sir Christopher Wren
Said, “I am going to dine with some men.
If anyone calls
Say I am designing St. Paul’s.”

someone who creates clerihews is a clerihewer

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #287 on: March 26, 2014, 06:14:05 PM »
 ;D I like it.

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #288 on: March 27, 2014, 10:08:16 AM »
Pussyvan:  A flurry, temper   ;D

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #289 on: March 27, 2014, 10:43:26 AM »
A buddy of mine had one of those in high school.
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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #290 on: March 27, 2014, 12:03:03 PM »
Pussyvan:  A flurry, temper   ;D

I read "furry".  ;D ;D

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #291 on: March 28, 2014, 07:23:09 AM »
 ;D

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #292 on: March 30, 2014, 12:32:24 AM »
I read "furry".  ;D ;D

tut tut  ;D

Snoutfair: A person with a handsome countenance

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #293 on: March 30, 2014, 12:40:25 AM »
Several: For when you can't remember how many.  ;D

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« Reply #294 on: March 30, 2014, 10:06:03 AM »
Snoutfair: A person with a handsome countenance

LOL, I've found that one when googling "pussyvan".

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #295 on: April 01, 2014, 12:15:22 AM »
Mumpsimus
Middle English noun denoting an incorrigible, incorrect option stubbornly clung to

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #296 on: April 01, 2014, 11:31:56 AM »
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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #297 on: April 02, 2014, 05:02:58 AM »
Pettifogger - A petty, quibbling, unscrupulous lawyer.

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« Reply #298 on: April 02, 2014, 10:47:06 AM »
Pettifogger - A petty, quibbling, unscrupulous lawyer.

Shyster - A shyster is a slang word for someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law, politics or business.

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Re: Favorite Words
« Reply #299 on: April 02, 2014, 08:43:39 PM »
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