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Tuna!
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Overused word
Have a friend, relative, loved one, or co-worker who uses a word too often? Drives ya crazy?
Or is there a word that people in general seem to overuse today?
My word is "AMAZING".
I find this word is used too much to describe many things...most of which aren't "AMAZING".
Your word follows..............
John
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06-19-2006, 11:17 AM
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King Salmon
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Re: Overused word
Basically
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06-19-2006, 11:19 AM
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Ifish Nate
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Re: Overused word
"dude" - I hate it when my son calls me that 
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06-19-2006, 11:29 AM
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King Salmon
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Re: Overused word
Ya know wut I'm sayin....... 
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06-19-2006, 11:37 AM
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Tuna!
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Re: Overused word
"like...."
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06-19-2006, 11:57 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Re: Overused word
awesome, way over used.
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06-19-2006, 12:05 PM
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Re: Overused word
totally
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06-19-2006, 12:05 PM
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Tuna!
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Re: Overused word
"honestly". Are they fibbing the rest of the time? 
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06-19-2006, 12:08 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Re: Overused word
Withdrawal
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06-19-2006, 12:17 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Re: Overused word
Diva
Freakwater
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06-19-2006, 12:23 PM
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Sturgeon
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Re: Overused word
"well" pronounced "wool"
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06-19-2006, 12:23 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Dec 2001
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Re: Overused word
"What-ever..."
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06-19-2006, 12:27 PM
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Re: Overused word *DELETED*
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06-19-2006, 12:27 PM
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Re: Overused word
Amazing John! Like dude, Ya know wut I'm sayin. Basically your post is totally awesome - honestly.
Way cool
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06-19-2006, 12:42 PM
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Sturgeon
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Re: Overused word
Quote:
Amazing John! Like dude, Ya know wut I'm sayin. Basically your post is totally awesome - honestly.
Way cool
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06-19-2006, 12:44 PM
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Ifish Nate
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Re: Overused word
(please do not quote things like this, thank you.)
Sounds like those people were just "Speaking Alaskan"
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06-19-2006, 12:54 PM
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Re: Overused word *DELETED*
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06-19-2006, 01:23 PM
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Re: Overused word
OUTSTANDING! My boss uses it at least 5 times a day, and more on his good days. sometimes I just wanna  him. to bad he`s an outstnding guy or he might just get
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06-19-2006, 01:24 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Re: Overused word
...to tell the truth
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06-19-2006, 01:25 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Re: Overused word
Like....
Particularlly
what????
Awesome....
Bling....
Yo....
And my least favorite due to commercials these days:
BRILLIANT.....if that is how it is spelled. 
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06-19-2006, 02:18 PM
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Re: Overused word
Please refrain from using the "f" word on ifish.
Thank you,
Jen
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06-19-2006, 02:23 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Re: Overused word
Like totally!.. I can not believe it!
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06-19-2006, 02:59 PM
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Tuna!
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Re: Overused word
"Gangsta"
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06-19-2006, 03:05 PM
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Re: Overused word
"matrix"
"brainstorm"
"synergize"
"paradigm"
"alleged"
"terrorist"
"insurgent"
"operative"
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06-19-2006, 03:08 PM
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The Mods Must Be Crazy!
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Re: Overused word
"Acceptable Use Policy"
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06-19-2006, 03:09 PM
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Tuna!
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Re: Overused word
"pro-active"
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06-19-2006, 03:24 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jan 2001
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Re: Overused word
All of those :smile:
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06-19-2006, 03:27 PM
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Tuna!
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Re: Overused word
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06-19-2006, 03:31 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Portland, OR
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Re: Overused word
"outside the box" (what box?)
"seamless" (are we making a dress?)
"E.V.O.O." (for the chefs and cooks in the crowd)
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06-19-2006, 03:35 PM
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Tuna!
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Location: Oregon
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Re: Overused word
"That said" Ok so it's two. How about "That-said"
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06-19-2006, 03:58 PM
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Ifish Nate
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Re: Overused word
"What not"
"Um"
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06-19-2006, 04:06 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Re: Overused word
And-du..... 
Segway 
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06-19-2006, 04:09 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Nov 2002
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Re: Overused word
Katrina
Do I win?
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06-19-2006, 04:10 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Re: Overused word
Quote:
Katrina
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Be pompous, obese, and eat cactus
Be dull, and boring, and omnipresent
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06-19-2006, 04:17 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Re: Overused word
I agree fishlipper. The worst thing is that people will use a word because they hear someone else say it without having any idea what it really means.
The actual definition of <u>awe</u> according to Websters: "an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear , or wonder produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, etc."
Common use: Man, that was an awesome pizza.
Only in America!  :smile:
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06-19-2006, 04:28 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Jan 2002
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Re: Overused word
You know
Trying to break my self of this one ya know .
DAB
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06-19-2006, 04:28 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Re: Overused word
Uh
Mostly used by Home D employees when you ask them something
Pete Grace
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06-19-2006, 07:28 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Re: Overused word
John for me to get up every morning is nothing but "AMAZING".
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06-19-2006, 07:39 PM
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Re: Overused word
Ya' know. (Sometimes, I'm amazed at how many times a certain friend of mine can get that phrase into a conversation.)
Surreal
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06-19-2006, 08:00 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Dayton, OR
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Re: Overused word
"No problem" instead of "You're welcome"! 
This one just drives me battey. Of course it's NO PROBLEM, it's just proper manners and a little respect!!
Unfortunately, I have heard it so much, that I sometimes catch myself saying it, or find it about to roll off my lips. E-gads! 
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06-19-2006, 08:03 PM
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Re: Overused word
How about this one - - - it's so overused that it's almost accepted as good english: I've got _________
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From the day you're born 'til you ride in a hearse, 'ain't nothin' so bad it couldn't have been worse. Give up on perfectionism, welcome to an imperfect world. Life is a zigzag, not a straight line (authors unknown).
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06-19-2006, 08:22 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jun 2000
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Re: Overused word
Quote:
according to Websters: "an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear , or wonder produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, etc."
Common use: Man, that was an awesome pizza.
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Just because you don't get an overwhelming feeling of admiration and wonder from a good pizza, that doesn't mean I don't. 
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06-19-2006, 08:29 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Re: Overused word
mispronunciations:
nucular, jewlery, realator
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06-19-2006, 08:36 PM
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Re: Overused word
Now, there's a good one for mispronunciations! The nearly 11 years that I was one, it drove me crazy that (probably) 80% of Realtors thought they were Re-la-tors. Don
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From the day you're born 'til you ride in a hearse, 'ain't nothin' so bad it couldn't have been worse. Give up on perfectionism, welcome to an imperfect world. Life is a zigzag, not a straight line (authors unknown).
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06-19-2006, 08:40 PM
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Re: Overused word
(Teen answers cell phone)
"Sup"
"hangin"
"peeps"
"dope"
"kickinit"
"kew"
"ah-ite"
"layda"
(teen hangs up cell phone)
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06-19-2006, 11:32 PM
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Ifish Nate
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Re: Overused word
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06-20-2006, 03:57 AM
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Chromer
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Re: Overused word
" Yo Dog "
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06-20-2006, 05:23 AM
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Tuna!
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Re: Overused word
Probably (wife)
like (me)
gone missing (the press)
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06-20-2006, 05:38 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Re: Overused word
Good for you!
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06-20-2006, 07:26 AM
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Ifish Nate
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Re: Overused word
Quote:
Please refrain from using the "f" word on ifish.
Thank you,
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06-20-2006, 07:34 AM
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Ifish Nate
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Re: Overused word
fair market value
// IE
a bit more than the max. we can squeeze out of you
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06-20-2006, 10:50 AM
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Tuna!
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Re: Overused word
BRILLIANT!
and
Whutev....
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06-20-2006, 10:50 AM
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Tuna!
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Re: Overused word
oh... and...
your post has been deleted....
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06-20-2006, 10:53 AM
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Re: Overused word
Hey, Check it out...
LS
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06-20-2006, 11:03 AM
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Re: Overused word
I bought a ream of printer paper at a "Bullseye" store last night. As it turned out, I had a bunch of one dollar bills and change, so I paid the exact amount.
My young checker announced, "Awesome!"
Awesome? I just had to stare at him for a moment. His life must be in serious need of something! Oh, well, I suppose I should be glad that he didn't need to make change. :grin:
I have to disagree slightly on the overheard teenager's phone dialogue, though. My 17-year-old daughter's conversations -- at least the end which I hear -- seem to consist of "That sucks," repeated every 20 seconds.
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06-20-2006, 11:06 AM
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King Salmon
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Re: Overused word
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fair market value
// IE
a bit more than the max. we can squeeze out of you
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You must have just run the insurance gauntlet. 
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SHUT UP AND FISH!
Be pompous, obese, and eat cactus
Be dull, and boring, and omnipresent
Criticize things you don't know about
Be oblong and have your knees removed
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06-20-2006, 11:39 AM
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Ifish Nate
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Re: Overused word
athletes who proclaim
I'm a warrior
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06-20-2006, 12:02 PM
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Chromer
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Re: Overused word
Think "outside the box".
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06-20-2006, 11:54 PM
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06-21-2006, 01:09 AM
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Tuna!
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Re: Overused word
"GET SOME!" oh yeah that would be me say'n that.
ok how bout "what about ....and ,why?"
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