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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 11:57 PM Original message |
Does anyone else here cringe at the words "manis" and "pedis"? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. you're the first person I have seen / heard use those words |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. They grate on me - |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. That's funny, because "veggie" doesn't bother me any more. |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. While I begrudge no one their indulgences, I too despise those words. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. Just another example of the gradual perversion of the English language. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
6. I generally cringe at any cutesy bastardized word ending... |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
7. I cringe when I hear these "words". |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. As a written abbreviation, I'm OK with BBQ... |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. OMG -- my wife and I were in a store one day and two couples |
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Pharlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. Those two particular idiomatic euphemisms don't bother me as |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Of course, misuse of the work "euphemism" also bothers me. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yes. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. Hey dude!! |
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