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saturnine

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  1. shut up, assclown
  2. i am shocked and/or appalled
  3. i pick words at random; words that i'd like to hear people say i lieu of simpler, common words. that's all it takes to further your intelligence -- one word at a time.
  4. maybe it is you who does the sucking and not fredricton. think about that one, chachi,
  5. recidivism \rih-SID-uh-viz-um\, noun: A tendency to lapse into a previous condition or pattern of behavior; especially, a falling back or relapse into prior criminal habits. Recidivism derives from Latin recidivus, "falling back," from recidere, "to fall back," from re-, "back" + cadere, "to fall." A recidivist is one who relapses or who is an incorrigible criminal.
  6. wormwood (so says christy) extract is the key ingredient, and i believe that is illegal. and also, thank you, dan, for your lack of faith in me. i look forward to further disappointing you.
  7. that was melodramatic
  8. it's a museum.. it doesn't have to be one-sided. i wonder if german museums acknowledge the holocaust
  9. stop rambling, you inane bastard
  10. sucked balls after phantom power. day for night is where it's at.
  11. circumlocution \sir-kum-lo-KYOO-shun\, noun: The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase. Circumlocution comes from Latin circumlocutio, circumlocution-, from circum, around + loquor, loqui, to speak. Circumlocution office is a term of ridicule for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials. It comes from Dickens' Little Dorrit: Whatever was required to be done, the Circumlocution Office was beforehand with all the public departments in the art of perceiving--How not to do it.
  12. we have a bar downtown called absinthe. guess what it has stocked at the bar...
  13. can i have my thread back, plz? kthxbye
  14. acquiesce \ak-wee-ES\, intransitive verb: To accept or consent passively or without objection -- usually used with 'in' or 'to'. Acquiesce comes from Latin acquiescere, "to give oneself to rest, hence to find one's rest or peace (in something)," from ad, "to" + quiescere, "to rest, to be or keep quiet."
  15. whatever word i feel like posting
  16. his solo album isn't that great
  17. equivocate \ih-KWIV-uh-kayt\, intransitive verb: To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or to avoid committing oneself to anything definite. Equivocate is from Medieval Latin aequivocare, "to be called by the same name," from Latin aequus, "equal" + vocare, "to call," from vox, "voice." The witness shuffled, equivocated, pretended to misunderstand the questions. --Thomas Babington Macaulay, History of England By equivocating, hesitating, and giving ambiguous answers, she effected her purpose. --Harriet Martineau, Letters from Ireland
  18. well, this is a pretty cut and dry issue
  19. i pick the words. that's why my name is in the title. quixotic \kwik-SOT-ik\, adjective: 1. Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals. 2. Capricious; impulsive; unpredictable.
  20. hey, look over there
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