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Guacamole strategy

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Sand?

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noblesse oblige

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by Ken Greenwald » Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:55 pm

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Female hierophant ?

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by Loveslobsters » Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:41 pm

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perseverate

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by Ken Greenwald » Mon Jun 08, 2020 8:14 pm

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all-out / all-in / all out / all in

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by Ken Greenwald » Tue May 26, 2020 6:46 pm

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gaslighting

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by Ken Greenwald » Fri May 25, 2018 8:33 pm

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kitsch

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by Ken Greenwald » Thu Feb 27, 2020 12:24 am

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shambolic (2)

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by Ken Greenwald » Thu Jan 02, 2020 12:51 am

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sui generis

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by Ken Greenwald » Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:33 pm

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Folded like a cheap xxxx

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by trolley » Thu Feb 13, 2020 7:46 pm

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hygge

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by Ken Greenwald » Thu Jan 23, 2020 12:55 am

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gingerly

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by Phil White » Fri Jan 03, 2020 2:02 am

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copy

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by yonatanpeisach » Mon Dec 30, 2019 11:04 am

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flip off

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by Ken Greenwald » Tue Dec 17, 2019 7:46 pm

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the royal 'we' / the royal 'you'?

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by Archived Topic » Wed Nov 03, 2004 10:08 pm
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Gee Gee

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by Bobinwales » Sun May 19, 2019 11:39 pm

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"Last straw"/Clochandichter

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by John Barton » Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:53 am
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Out of my wheelhouse

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by Phil White » Sat Oct 26, 2019 5:46 pm

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indicia

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by Ken Greenwald » Fri Oct 04, 2019 4:32 pm

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Is 'babble' related to 'Tower of Babel'?

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by Archived Topic » Sat Nov 13, 2004 3:39 pm

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Perdaughter

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by Bobinwales » Mon Sep 16, 2019 10:25 pm

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keep on keeping on

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by incarnatus est » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:46 pm

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Raip?

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by trolley » Sat Sep 07, 2019 11:03 pm

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Cackalacky and derivatives

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by PauladePlume » Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:34 pm

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stochastic terrorism

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by Ken Greenwald » Tue Aug 13, 2019 9:56 pm

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solace and consolation

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by gdwdwrkr » Mon Aug 19, 2019 11:15 am

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Small hinges swing big doors

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by PauladePlume » Sun Mar 25, 2018 4:01 am
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Overton window

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by Ken Greenwald » Sun Jul 14, 2019 6:41 pm

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Finnegans Wake and beesknees

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by gdwdwrkr » Mon Aug 05, 2019 6:28 pm

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prelapsarian

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by Ken Greenwald » Sun Jul 28, 2019 4:51 pm

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Damascene conversion

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by Ken Greenwald » Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:41 pm

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piece of ass

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by Archived Topic » Sat Oct 30, 2004 6:01 am

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Up in arms

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by trolley » Fri Jun 28, 2019 7:05 pm

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bijou / bijou strongman

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by Ken Greenwald » Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:46 pm

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Whitear

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by Phil White » Wed Jun 26, 2019 11:49 pm

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recuse

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by tony h » Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:19 pm

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heterodox

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by Ken Greenwald » Fri May 10, 2019 7:11 pm

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Gossip

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by Bobinwales » Tue May 07, 2019 9:26 pm

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legitimate (the verb)

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by Ken Greenwald » Mon Apr 29, 2019 9:36 pm

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remove (the noun)

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by Ken Greenwald » Thu Apr 25, 2019 7:40 pm

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Daylight Robbery

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by Bobinwales » Mon Apr 15, 2019 10:01 pm

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The Smallest Room

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by Bobinwales » Wed Apr 10, 2019 9:28 am

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Outdated Expressions?

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by Ken Greenwald » Tue Apr 09, 2019 11:06 pm

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taxi dancer

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by Ken Greenwald » Fri Apr 05, 2019 3:35 am

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Anglo Saxon and Norse in the Danelaw

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by tony h » Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:01 pm

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screwsman vs screwman

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by tony h » Sun Mar 24, 2019 11:49 am

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sommelier

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by Ken Greenwald » Sun Mar 24, 2019 7:24 pm

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What do Americans mean by Pantomime

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by tony h » Tue Mar 19, 2019 11:05 pm

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unicorn

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