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malapropism - Word of the Day - Sun May 19, 2024
Bill W commented on Myr's blog entry in Writing World
The character Archie Bunker from All in the Family was famous, or infamous, for them as well. He once said, "It's a well-known fact that capital punishment is a detergent to crime!" -
@Myr's example was "The divorce left him with zilch." All I have to say to that is, been there, done that.
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My research came up with a different origin. First of all, Zilch is a German surname of Slavic origin. The usage became popular in the 1960s due to a comic character, Mr. Zilch, in the magazine Ballyhoo.
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Windlass comes from the Old Norse word 'vinda' (to wind) + 'ass' (a pole or beam). The latter part is similar to the Gothic word 'ans' (a pole or pillar). The word windlass was brought into Middle English as an alteration of the Anglo-Norman French word windas around 1400.
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razzle-dazzle - Word of the Day - Thu May 16, 2024
Bill W commented on Myr's blog entry in Writing World
In movies, the razzle dazzle can be provided through the use of various camera angles or adding pyrotechnics. -
razzle-dazzle - Word of the Day - Thu May 16, 2024
Bill W commented on Myr's blog entry in Writing World
Some concerts can also have a little razzle dazzle in the background during the performance. -
I don't know what language that is, but it reminded me of the German doppelganger. That's a person that looks exactly like someone else.
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They may have been shapeshifters, but I believe skinwalkers are unique to the Navajo, Utes, Hopi, Zuni, Pueblo, and possibly the Commanche. And even those tribes legends about the skinwalkers vary slightly.
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Where do you live? In the Old West Bad Lands?
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Persuading by forcibly moving them out. Sounds Gestapo to me.
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So they're just forcibly taking the land from the homeowner.
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Tetanus is also referred to as "Lockjaw".
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You should get a tetanus shot once every ten years.
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Ok, that makes sense, since I don't know of skinwalkers being in the Black Sea area.
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Why are they removing the homeowners? Behind on their mortgage? Haven't paid their taxes? I don't quite understand.
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I was thinking more of a bear standing on its hid legs when she opens the door to go out to the garage, since they pretty much know what time she goes to work. I think Mac agrees with you about just ignoring here, but Devin can't hold it in and opens his mouth to say something to her.
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Maybe not an iota of empathy for her now, but I believe they would if they caused any harm to her. And remember, they're not to do evil things or things that might harm others.
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The effect of seeing a doppelganger in her house would have a significant effect on her, possibly medically, as well as emotionally, and you're correct, the empathy the boys, Gramps, and Pops all exhibit might keep them from doing those things, once they considered the possible effect it might elicit.
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I don't think either of the boys would be willing to become Louella, even if it would help to get rid of her. They'd have to find another solution.
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Ok, but I was thinking if they didn't resort to their abilities, since she would blame them even if other creatures were involved. She'd say they brought them there to do those things.
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That would be evicting someone that didn't own the property, not moving out the homeowners.
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When you're trying to hide a secret about yourself, you tend to keep a low key when dealing with others. A normal person may act that way, but when you're trying to avoid scrutiny, you take a slightly different approach. I know I would tell her to piss off and mind her own business, but I don't have their secret to deal with.
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When I for saw this in the upper right hand corner of the forums page, and since this is graduation season, I was thinking maybe this was some sort of graduation tassel, but the spelling was too far off. Then I thought possibly it was some sort of fancy artist's easel, but that wasn't it either. It sort of looks like a cat tail plant with spines, like the porcupine version of a cat tail plant. I've seen them before, I just didn't know what they were called. When I was a kid, we just called them prickly plants.
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After she's been described as waddling down the street, I'd like to see you carry her out of the house.
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Ok, so I make a typo occasionally. Thanks, Jerry.
