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Re: Word of the year
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2011, 11:54:31 am »
I saw the "MassLive" in the url and thought the word was going to be "Wicked pissah"

I guess that would be two words, huh?   ;D
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Re: Word of the year
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2011, 12:01:11 pm »
Wow!

 They had a huge list to choose from and I agree with their decision.

 I believe their choice was...well, pragmatic.
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Re: Word of the year
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2011, 03:43:07 pm »
I'm so proud!

I thought they might have chosen "batch sparge"
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Re: Word of the year
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2011, 03:56:28 pm »
just think, Denny, maybe someday your picture will be next to the word in the dictionary. ;D
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Re: Word of the year
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2011, 04:05:16 pm »
just think, Denny, maybe someday your picture will be next to the word in the dictionary. ;D
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Re: Word of the year
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2011, 04:06:18 pm »
I'm just glad we finally got beyond the word "clearly".  :-\

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Re: Word of the year
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2011, 04:20:13 pm »
I'm just glad we finally got beyond the word "clearly".  :-\

Clearly that is demostably false bo ;D
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Re: Word of the year
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2011, 04:23:46 pm »
Pragmatic couldn't have done it without you Denny. Nice work.
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Re: Word of the year
« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2011, 06:33:42 pm »
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The adjective, which means practical and locgical, was looked up so often on the company's online dictionary site that the publisher said "Pragmatic" was the pragmatic choice.



  Yeah, I'm pretty much responsible for looking it up every time Denny used it in a thread.  :D
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Re: Word of the year
« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2011, 11:23:58 pm »
Pragmatic. Oh how I think of Denny when I hear that word. I wish it was used at work more often.
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