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Manbird
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Feb 7, 2009 - 3:38pm |
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Inamorato wrote:Also from "No Milk Today"... How could they know a palace there had been Behind the door where my love reigned as queen Maybe they were Hermits because they didn't need women hanging around. A head of their time...
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Inamorato
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Feb 7, 2009 - 3:21pm |
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manbirdexperiment wrote: Listening to the No Milk Today (1967) by Herman's Hermit's this morning. Talk about evolving language...
The company was gay, we'd turn night into day ...
Also from "No Milk Today"... How could they know a palace there had been Behind the door where my love reigned as queen Maybe they were Hermits because they didn't need women hanging around.
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Manbird
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Feb 7, 2009 - 3:07pm |
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Inamorato wrote:make love - The original meaning was "to woo or court" but changed into a genteel expression for sexual intercourse. This makes for some unintentional humor when hearing old movie dialogue. Simlarly, the 1960 movie with Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand, Let's Make Love, was not a bedroom farce. 1960... 1970... Listening to the No Milk Today (1967) by Herman's Hermit's this morning. Talk about evolving language... The company was gay, we'd turn night into day
and I kept hearing terrorist house ...
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
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Inamorato
Location: Twin Cities Gender:
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Feb 7, 2009 - 2:59pm |
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make love - The original meaning was "to woo or court" but changed into a genteel expression for sexual intercourse. This makes for some unintentional humor when hearing old movie dialogue. Similarly, the 1960 movie with Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand, Let's Make Love, was not a bedroom farce. 1960... 1970...
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georgantas
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Feb 7, 2009 - 8:50am |
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oldslabsides wrote:I'm tired of hearing "prodigal" being used to mean "wandering, given to running away or leaving and returning." The parable in the book of Luke tells of a son who squanders his father's money. Prodigal means "recklessly wasteful or extravagant." And if you say popular usage has changed that, I say, fuck popular usage!
~ George Carlin
Looks like George needs a rest
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Red_Dragon
Location: Dumbf*ckistan
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Feb 7, 2009 - 8:46am |
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I'm tired of hearing "prodigal" being used to mean "wandering, given to running away or leaving and returning." The parable in the book of Luke tells of a son who squanders his father's money. Prodigal means "recklessly wasteful or extravagant." And if you say popular usage has changed that, I say, fuck popular usage!
~ George Carlin
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hippiechick
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Feb 7, 2009 - 8:41am |
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Inamorato wrote:VD - It used to stand for venereal disease. Now it's widely understood to mean Valentine's Day.
Try not to get VD on VD!
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dionysius
Location: The People's Republic of Austin Gender:
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Feb 6, 2009 - 7:03pm |
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Mugro wrote: How about the word "gay" ?? It used to mean "happy". Now it is used to describe someone who is homosexual.
Being a "gay slut" used to mean that you had bad personal hygiene, but were a lot of fun to be around nevertheless. Ah, the 17th century!
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Inamorato
Location: Twin Cities Gender:
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Feb 6, 2009 - 9:20am |
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VD - It used to stand for venereal disease. Now it's widely understood to mean Valentine's Day.
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Mugro
Location: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
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rexi
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
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Jun 16, 2005 - 7:25am |
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ScottFromWyoming
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Jun 16, 2005 - 6:59am |
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heeb
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Jun 16, 2005 - 5:50am |
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R_P
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heeb
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Jun 16, 2005 - 5:23am |
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rexi
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
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Jun 16, 2005 - 4:23am |
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R_P
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Jun 15, 2005 - 11:52pm |
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rgj13
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Jun 15, 2005 - 11:40pm |
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R_P
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