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Unread 12-14-2013, 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by John Whitworth View Post
I think two words, Bazza. A lot of the words exist, but I suppose they want something different.
As they specify a snappy NEW definition, i.e a subjective, fanciful one that will have everyone pissing themselves with laughter as opposed to the mundane literal one to be found in the dico, all the words should exist. But why, uniquely, include a two-word phrase that semantically limits compers (already unfairly limited by some warning hint about eschewing the filth that makes this whole damn comping chore worthwhile)?

Incidentally, I did piss myself laughing at Ann's intervention. Auden writes somewhere that we all enjoy the sight of our own handwriting as we do the smell of our own farts. Not true. I hate longhand.
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