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10 Feb 2007, 5:58 pm

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Melancholy

Depressed spirit.


melancholy doesn't sound like a sad word to me. the first time i head it, i thought it meant happy.


I think of a fruit.



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11 Feb 2007, 5:32 pm

incredulous
1. not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
2. indicating or showing unbelief: an incredulous smile.


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11 Feb 2007, 5:42 pm

recalcitrant
Stubbornly resistant to and defiant of authority or restraint.


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11 Feb 2007, 6:03 pm

Inveigle
- to win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk
- to obtain by cajolery



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12 Feb 2007, 12:14 pm

Ingress (verb)- Enter


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12 Feb 2007, 12:18 pm

Psot:To not post,the opposite of posting.


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12 Feb 2007, 1:00 pm

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Psot:To not post,the opposite of posting.


Psot is really more like the antipost isn't it?

Psot == -1

Post == 1

...If you both post and psot it makes you a zero :lol:



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12 Feb 2007, 1:01 pm

Wang - A Strange Euphemism For Penis.



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12 Feb 2007, 1:29 pm

Alternative wrote:
Wang - A Strange Euphemism For Penis.


Reverse Euphemism: My name is Penis Chong



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12 Feb 2007, 4:05 pm

(Warning: Bad Pun Alert!)

Greensleeves - What you get for not using a handkerchief.


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15 Feb 2007, 9:33 pm

assuage

1. to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
2. to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one's hunger.
3. to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger.


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