On 11/20/2014 7:10 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 16:36:17 +1100, Bruce > wrote:
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>>> On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 20:17:43 -0800, sf > wrote:
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>>> >On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:03:09 +1100, Bruce > wrote:
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>>> >> On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:50:30 -0800, sf > wrote:
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>>> >> >On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 20:01:46 -0500, jmcquown >
>>> >> >wrote:
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>>> >> >> On 11/19/2014 2:54 PM, sf wrote:
>>> >> >> > Slumgullion - now that's a word from the distant past! I'd
>>> call >> >> > my
>>> >> >> > garbage soup that, because it sounds so much fancier, but I
>>> won't
>>> >> >> > remember until it's too late.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> What happened to "mustgovian"?!
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >
>>> >> >It's a stupid word that several long gone rfc posters thought was
>>> >> >clever and I won't use.
>>> >>
>>> >> "must be used now or else thrown out"?
>>> >>
>>> >> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mustgovian
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>>> >It's a stupid, cutesy word that some people thought was clever.
>>> >Webster records words found x number of times in print. That's it.
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>>> Yes, but Webster doesn't know it. That's why I tried to interpret it
>>> myself.
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>> Apply whatever meaning works for you. Another one I can't stand is
>> "used meat".
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> Oh dear, what a lot of words upset you <g> I picked up the habit of the
> 'used meat counter' from here I may use the term 'mustgovian' too)
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> They are just words you know?
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Mustgovian sounds better to me than "garbage soup". You don't want to
know what sort of images that conjurs up in my brain.

Jill