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Brown Suga'

Brown Suga' posted the Tom Zone QotD: Took the words out my mouth | May 9, 2008

Tom's QotD: Name three words or phrases you wish you'd coined. Glibido [glĭ-bē'dō] noun. All talk, no action. "My glibido is at an all-time high." adjective, glibidinous. Origin: Found it on Reader's Digest (it was a prize winner at one of those competitions organised by newspapers/ publishing...

Aaaugh!

Aaaugh! posted Hello not the man familiar to me! | May 7, 2008

Have I ever mentioned that I love reading Russian mail-order bride spam? Because, you know, I do. And it just so happens that I received an excellent example of the genre this afternoon. It begins, "Hello not the man familiar to me!", and gradually becomes less intelligible from there. Here are some...

Gargoyle

Gargoyle posted Randomfamilyness: ridiculous acronyms | Apr 17, 2008

I've long had a "problem" (which means I don't like it, but take curious pleasure from it) with acronyms of the worst kind. And when I say the worst kind, I mean the ones where they had clearly thought of the acronym first and then had to figure out how to get some appropriate words to fit the...