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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: Which Superhero are You? |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2013, 5:34 pm
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The quiz says Spider-Man  but I wanted to be Underdog when I was a kid.  |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: pronoun? Maybe? |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2013, 5:47 pm
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: pronoun? Maybe? |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2013, 4:12 pm
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| Possibly epithet (click) or sobriquet (click) ? That just about exhausts me unless you can give me a clue ("sounds like...") as to the specific word you're thinking of. Otherwise it's just an adjective used as a noun (click) --I don't know that it has a more specific name but I can ask my old H.S. A... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: pronoun? Maybe? |
| CTBill |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2013, 3:27 pm
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You may be thinking of synecdoche (click), although I'm not sure about your example. But maybe one of the linked words at that page will be closer to what you're looking for.
Good luck in your search for the mot juste!  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do people reject or downplay your diagnosis? |
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Posted: 31 Jul 2012, 7:04 am
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Replies: 41
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| My favorite quote was from my best friend.. Mine was from a nephew, who asked if I'd been buying my underwear at K-mart lately (a reference to "Rain Man" in case you're wondering). I LOL'ed. :P It's sad but true: the only things that some people think they know about autism came out of a Hollywood ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do people reject or downplay your diagnosis? |
| CTBill |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2012, 3:47 pm
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Replies: 41
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Rejected, downplayed, outright ridiculed, even by immediate family members--I've been there and gotten my parking stub validated.
Some people's kids. [Sighs wearily.] It's enough to make you want to sell the farm. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Do you believe you are smarter than most other people? |
| CTBill |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2012, 11:53 am
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Replies: 82
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Yes, but then a quote from a past bully comes to mind...
Quote: CTBill, I don't care how smart everyone thinks you are--you're still ret*d.
That keeps my head from swelling up too much. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: To anyone who takes chlor trimeton for hay fever/allergies |
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Posted: 04 Jul 2012, 6:49 pm
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| Thank you for that additional info. I've been on a "proper" SSRI (citalopram) since my diagnosis of AS but interesting to know why Chlor-Trimeton always seemed to have a positive effect on my general mood in addition to quelling violent sneezing fits and all the other fun symptoms of "hay fever." So... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: To anyone who takes chlor trimeton for hay fever/allergies |
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Posted: 04 Jul 2012, 5:09 pm
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| Although not generally approved as an antidepressant or anti-anxiety medication, chlorphenamine appears to have these properties as well. It is a SNRI. See Wikipedia article here (click) . I've taken it for 30+ years for seasonal allergies and I get a slight sedative effect. When I was a tween, tho... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Adult toddlers and adult tantrums. |
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Posted: 01 Jun 2012, 6:32 pm
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| So babies were drugged back in the days so people would have their peaceful time in public and not suffer. I don't think it was that bad despite my earlier (hypothetical) postulation. I believe most parents were trying to alleviate their childrens' sufferings first and foremost, not their own. Besi... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Adult toddlers and adult tantrums. |
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Posted: 01 Jun 2012, 11:59 am
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| I wonder how babies were kept quiet back in the days? Paregoric . It might even still be legal in some parts of the U.S. 8O How did that pill keep them quiet? I looked it up and it's used for diarrhea. It is a tincture (liquid) containing opium (think painkillers or heroin). Rubbibg it on a teethin... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Adult toddlers and adult tantrums. |
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Posted: 01 Jun 2012, 5:45 am
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League_Girl wrote: I wonder how babies were kept quiet back in the days?
Paregoric. It might even still be legal in some parts of the U.S.  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Has a bully ever told you they were teaching you a lesson? |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2012, 9:52 am
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Not "teaching me a lesson" specifically, but I did have one tell me he was punching me to "toughen me up," which I thought was odd because when my mom pounded meat in the kitchen, she called it tenderizing.  I did have sense enough (that time anyway) to keep my thoughts to myself, however.  |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Ken Russell is dead |
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Posted: 28 Nov 2011, 8:03 pm
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Hearing this news makes me want to watch Tommy again right now (even without the requisite psychedelics). Peace and thanks, Ken!  |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Aspies should not date. |
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Posted: 06 Nov 2011, 11:32 pm
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Replies: 37
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| People with autism should be by themsevles for the rest of their livies because, they have no socal skills. :( Good thing I live in NorCal, I have no SoCal skills either... I spent a week in Sandy Eggo once. I learned to slam on the brakes at the slightest hint of water on the freeway. Does that co... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies having a sense of humor about having aspergers? |
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Posted: 23 Oct 2011, 2:06 pm
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Replies: 26
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@the"burgers"
And to think I looked up the word synecdoche (click) just the other day--fortuitous timing indeed! |
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