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gopunk

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Originally posted by: amnesiac 2.0
Originally posted by: Evadman
Originally posted by: BaDaBooM
Defenestrate

do you even know what that means?

Main Entry: de·fen·es·tra·tion
Pronunciation: (")dE-"fe-n&-'strA-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: de- + Latin fenestra window
Date: 1620
: a throwing of a person or thing out of a window

Officially the coolest word ever. :p

jesus christ, where did you guys learn that word? i just put it in my profile last week....
 

DoNotDisturb

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Jul 24, 2002
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well, we cannot say 'no one' uses it, but i use the word "derivative" a lot around my friends, and they're like "wtf".
 

BaDaBooM

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Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: amnesiac 2.0
Originally posted by: Evadman
Originally posted by: BaDaBooM
Defenestrate

do you even know what that means?

Main Entry: de·fen·es·tra·tion
Pronunciation: (")dE-"fe-n&-'strA-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: de- + Latin fenestra window
Date: 1620
: a throwing of a person or thing out of a window

Officially the coolest word ever. :p

jesus christ, where did you guys learn that word? i just put it in my profile last week....

I don't remember where I first heard it, but I do remember it being used about a year or two ago in a Dark Angel episode where, coincidently someone was thrown through a window. :)
 

VBboy

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Nov 12, 2000
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Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Reduntant

That's because it doesn't exist. It's "redundant", and many people use it. Saying "I need to retake a test again" would be redundant ;)
 

thraashman

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Apr 10, 2000
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Twit.

For some reason, I find myself using the word twit alot to describe someone who does something stupied. Most people say moron, or idiot, I say twit. It's short, and it's fun to say. Try it. Just call someone a twit. The word kinda feels good rolling off your tongue.
 

shoplifter

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Dec 7, 2001
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Originally posted by: thraashman
Twit.

For some reason, I find myself using the word twit alot to describe someone who does something stupied. Most people say moron, or idiot, I say twit. It's short, and it's fun to say. Try it. Just call someone a twit. The word kinda feels good rolling off your tongue.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. A whale's penis is called a dork. Uhm, okay. I'm called a dork more than I am a twit.

 
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"presently"

It's what most people mean when they say "momentarily" --
"presently" means "in a moment", while "momentarily" means "for a moment".