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Old 08-16-2006, 06:03 PM   #46
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A woman I worked with came up with a useful one - hingent.

It's a mixture of hinges on and contingent.
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Old 08-16-2006, 09:56 PM   #47
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lol!

ignoranus works....


that should definitlay go into the lexicon
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Old 08-18-2006, 02:39 PM   #48
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[Garry Owen] "There is no truth to the rumor that Hingent sang 'Hold Your Head Up.'"[/Garry Owen]

Early Amber series was tasty stuff, wasn't it, Dar512?
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Old 08-18-2006, 03:18 PM   #49
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Yup. It's yet another set of books I reread every couple of years. The man had a way with words.
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Old 08-23-2006, 02:17 PM   #50
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From the mind of Will Ferrell

"Scrumtralescent"
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Old 08-25-2006, 09:17 AM   #51
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My co-worker just had a good one: belignorant.
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Old 08-25-2006, 10:07 AM   #52
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My co-worker just had a good one: belignorant.
Excellent! I suspect everyone has met a belignorant person or two.
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Old 08-25-2006, 11:20 AM   #53
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In our work (financial aid) they run rampant!
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