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Thread started 02/08/03 7:10pm

LaVisHh

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Pretentious

Main Entry: pre·ten·tious
Pronunciation: pri-'ten(t)-sh&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: French prétentieux, from prétention pretension, from Medieval Latin praetention-, praetentio, from Latin praetendere
Date: 1837
1 : characterized by pretension : as a : making usually unjustified or excessive claims (as of value or standing) b : expressive of affected, unwarranted, or exaggerated importance, worth, or stature
2 : making demands on one's skill, ability, or means : AMBITIOUS
synonym see SHOWY


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Reply #1 posted 02/08/03 7:12pm

ScarLett

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my mutha...

but the word pedantic comes to mind more often than naught!!
~Live Free ... Be Wyld~AlwaysOnlyMakeBelieve - LiveUrLyfe... laissez le bon temps rouler...vivre sans être sauvage...हमेशा ही बना विश्वास ~Change and do so CONSTANTLY...
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Reply #2 posted 02/08/03 7:18pm

AzureStar

LaVisHh said:

Pretentious

Main Entry: pre·ten·tious
Pronunciation: pri-'ten(t)-sh&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: French prétentieux, from prétention pretension, from Medieval Latin praetention-, praetentio, from Latin praetendere
Date: 1837
1 : characterized by pretension : as a : making usually unjustified or excessive claims (as of value or standing) b : expressive of affected, unwarranted, or exaggerated importance, worth, or stature
2 : making demands on one's skill, ability, or means : AMBITIOUS
synonym see SHOWY


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Anyone YOU know?


Gotta love those pretentious folk!



sub·tle ( P ) Pronunciation Key (stl)
adj. sub·tler, sub·tlest

So slight as to be difficult to detect or describe; elusive

Characterized by skill or ingenuity; clever.
Crafty or sly; devious.
Operating in a hidden, usually injurious way; insidious: a subtle poison.
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Reply #3 posted 02/08/03 7:19pm

shausler

rolleyes

nuts

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Reply #4 posted 02/08/03 7:31pm

LaVisHh

lol
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Reply #5 posted 02/08/03 7:34pm

LaVisHh

Mistake

Main Entry: 1mis·take
Pronunciation: m&-'stAk
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): mis·took /-'stuk/; mis·tak·en /-'stA-k&n/; mis·tak·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse mistaka to take by mistake, from mis- + taka to take -- more at TAKE
Date: 14th century
transitive senses
1 : to blunder in the choice of
2 a : to misunderstand the meaning or intention of : MISINTERPRET b : to make a wrong judgment of the character or ability of
3 : to identify wrongly : confuse with another
intransitive senses : to be wrong
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Reply #6 posted 02/08/03 7:35pm

LaVisHh

Slander

Main Entry: 1slan·der
Pronunciation: 'slan-d&r
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): slan·dered; slan·der·ing /-d(&-)ri[ng]/
Date: 13th century
: to utter slander against : DEFAME
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Reply #7 posted 02/08/03 7:37pm

LaVisHh

Rumor

Main Entry: 1ru·mor
Pronunciation: 'rü-m&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English rumour, from Middle French, from Latin rumor clamor, gossip; akin to Old English rEon to lament, Sanskrit rauti he roars
Date: 14th century
1 : talk or opinion widely disseminated with no discernible source
2 : a statement or report current without known authority for its truth
3 archaic : talk or report of a notable person or event
4 : a soft low indistinct sound : MURMUR
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Reply #8 posted 02/08/03 7:38pm

LaVisHh

Assume

Main Entry: as·sume
Pronunciation: &-'süm
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): as·sumed; as·sum·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin assumere, from ad- + sumere to take -- more at CONSUME
Date: 15th century
1 a : to take up or in : RECEIVE b : to take into partnership, employment, or use
2 a : to take to or upon oneself : UNDERTAKE b : PUT ON, DON
3 : to take control of
4 : to pretend to have or be : FEIGN
5 : to take as granted or true : SUPPOSE
6 : to take over (the debts of another) as one's own
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Reply #9 posted 02/08/03 7:39pm

LaVisHh

Truth

Main Entry: truth
Pronunciation: 'trüth
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural truths /'trü[th]z, 'trüths/
Etymology: Middle English trewthe, from Old English trEowth fidelity; akin to Old English trEowe faithful -- more at TRUE
Date: before 12th century
1 a archaic : FIDELITY, CONSTANCY b : sincerity in action, character, and utterance
2 a (1) : the state of being the case : FACT (2) : the body of real things, events, and facts : ACTUALITY (3) often capitalized : a transcendent fundamental or spiritual reality b : a judgment, proposition, or idea that is true or accepted as true c : the body of true statements and propositions
3 a : the property (as of a statement) of being in accord with fact or reality b chiefly British : TRUE 2 c : fidelity to an original or to a standard
4 capitalized, Christian Science : GOD
- in truth : in accordance with fact : ACTUALLY
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Reply #10 posted 02/08/03 7:40pm

AzureStar

If you have something to say, just say it.
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Reply #11 posted 02/08/03 7:40pm

LaVisHh

Innocent

Main Entry: in·no·cent
Pronunciation: 'i-n&-s&nt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin innocent-, innocens, from in- + nocent-, nocens wicked, from present participle of nocEre to harm -- more at NOXIOUS
Date: 14th century
1 a : free from guilt or sin especially through lack of knowledge of evil : BLAMELESS b : harmless in effect or intention ; also : CANDID c : free from legal guilt or fault; also : LAWFUL
2 a : lacking or reflecting a lack of sophistication, guile, or self-consciousness : ARTLESS, INGENUOUS b : IGNORANT ; also : UNAWARE
3 : lacking or deprived of something
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Reply #12 posted 02/08/03 7:41pm

LaVisHh

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Reply #13 posted 02/08/03 7:41pm

AzureStar

lol


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Reply #14 posted 02/08/03 7:41pm

LaVisHh

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Reply #15 posted 02/08/03 7:42pm

LaVisHh

AzureStar said:

lol



You absolute nut.

hug

razz




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Reply #16 posted 02/08/03 7:42pm

SuperC

snafu[1,noun]snafu[2,adjective]snafu[3,transitive verb]

Main Entry: 1sna·fu
Pronunciation: sna-'fü, 'sna-"fü
Function: noun
Etymology: situation normal all fucked up (fouled up)
Date: circa 1941
: CONFUSION, MUDDLE
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Reply #17 posted 02/08/03 7:42pm

AzureStar

v. cod·ed, cod·ing, codes
v. tr.
To systematize and arrange (laws and regulations) into a code.
To convert (a message, for example) into code.
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Reply #18 posted 02/08/03 7:43pm

LaVisHh

Reality

Main Entry: re·al·i·ty
Pronunciation: rE-'a-l&-tE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ties
Date: 1550
1 : the quality or state of being real
2 a (1) : a real event, entity, or state of affairs (2) : the totality of real things and events b : something that is neither derivative nor dependent but exists necessarily
- in reality : in actual fact
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Reply #19 posted 02/08/03 7:43pm

AzureStar

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Reply #20 posted 02/08/03 7:44pm

LaVisHh

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Reply #21 posted 02/08/03 7:45pm

LaVisHh

Conclusion

Main Entry: con·clu·sion
Pronunciation: k&n-'klü-zh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin conclusion-, conclusio, from concludere
Date: 14th century
1 a : a reasoned judgment : INFERENCE b : the necessary consequence of two or more propositions taken as premises; especially : the inferred proposition of a syllogism
2 : the last part of something: as a : RESULT, OUTCOME b plural : trial of strength or skill -- used in the phrase try conclusions c : a final summation d : the final decision in a law case e : the final part of a pleading in law
3 : an act or instance of concluding
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Reply #22 posted 02/08/03 7:45pm

SuperC

Main Entry: C
Pronunciation: 'sE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural c's or cs /'sEz/
Usage: often capitalized, often attributive
1 a : the 3rd letter of the English alphabet b : a graphic representation of this letter c : a speech counterpart of orthographic c
2 a : one hundred -- see NUMBER table b slang : a sum of $100
3 : the keynote of a C-major scale
4 : a graphic device for reproducing the letter c
5 : one designated c especially as the 3rd in order or class
6 a : a grade rating a student's work as fair or mediocre in quality b : one graded or rated with a C
7 : something shaped like the letter C
8 : a structured programming language designed to produce a compact and efficient translation of a program into machine language
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Reply #23 posted 02/08/03 7:46pm

ScarLett

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well hell gurl...

thats the blasted ORG

pretentious
mistaken
rumours
slander - libel in our case
innocent - well they aren't represented here at this site but maybe another locale
truth is in the word of the speaker errr... i mean eye of the beholder!! yeah!
ASSume - thats what this is all about...

oh lets not forgo petulant
obstinate, boorish, we can cause trauma if observed daily!


WELCOME u have ACCESSED

PRINCE.ORG
~Live Free ... Be Wyld~AlwaysOnlyMakeBelieve - LiveUrLyfe... laissez le bon temps rouler...vivre sans être sauvage...हमेशा ही बना विश्वास ~Change and do so CONSTANTLY...
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Reply #24 posted 02/08/03 7:46pm

LaVisHh

Fun

Main Entry: 1fun
Pronunciation: 'f&n
Function: noun
Etymology: English dialect fun to hoax, perhaps alteration of Middle English fonnen, from fonne dupe
Date: 1727
1 : what provides amusement or enjoyment; specifically : playful often boisterous action or speech
2 : a mood for finding or making amusement
3 a : AMUSEMENT, ENJOYMENT b : derisive jest : SPORT, RIDICULE
4 : violent or excited activity or argument
synonyms FUN, JEST, SPORT, GAME, PLAY mean action or speech that provides amusement or arouses laughter. FUN usually implies laughter or gaiety but may imply merely a lack of serious or ulterior purpose . JEST implies lack of earnestness in what is said or done and may suggest a hoaxing or teasing . SPORT applies especially to the arousing of laughter against someone . GAME is close to SPORT, and often stresses mischievous or malicious fun . PLAY stresses the opposition to earnest without implying malice or mischief .
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Reply #25 posted 02/08/03 7:47pm

LaVisHh

lol ScarLett
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Reply #26 posted 02/08/03 7:47pm

SuperC

Main Entry: Bad
Pronunciation: 'bad
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): worse /'w&rs/; worst /'w&rst/
Etymology: Middle English
Date: 14th century
1 a : failing to reach an acceptable standard : POOR b : UNFAVORABLE c : not fresh : SPOILED d : not sound : DILAPIDATED
2 a : morally objectionable b : MISCHIEVOUS, DISOBEDIENT
3 : inadequate or unsuited to a purpose
4 : DISAGREEABLE, UNPLEASANT
5 a : INJURIOUS, HARMFUL b : SERIOUS, SEVERE
6 : INCORRECT, FAULTY
7 a : suffering pain or distress b : UNHEALTHY, DISEASED
8 : SORROWFUL, SORRY
9 : INVALID, VOID
10 bad·der bad·dest slang a : GOOD, GREAT b : TOUGH, MEAN
- bad·ness noun
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Reply #27 posted 02/08/03 7:50pm

LaVisHh

Super

Main Entry: 1su·per
Pronunciation: 'sü-p&r
Function: adjective
Etymology: super-
Date: 1837
1 a -- used as a generalized term of approval b : of high grade or quality
2 : very large or powerful
3 : exhibiting the characteristics of its type to an extreme or excessive degree
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Reply #28 posted 02/08/03 7:52pm

LaVisHh

Lavish

Main Entry: 1lav·ish
Pronunciation: 'la-vish
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English lavas abundance, from Middle French lavasse downpour of rain, from laver to wash -- more at LAVAGE
Date: 15th century
1 : expending or bestowing profusely : PRODIGAL
2 a : expended or produced in abundance b : marked by profusion or excess
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Reply #29 posted 02/08/03 7:52pm

ScarLett

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see these are the areas that the women of the ORG rule as we are BAD ass SuperFUN (**FINE**) chicas!!

and we definitely LaVisHh...a good many things Up in here!!


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