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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:23 AM Original message |
What word did you completely misunderstand when you were a kid? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Penultimate - I thought it meant "beyond ultimate" |
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IsIt1984Yet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. Do you remember the diet supplement called AYDS? |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yes I remember those commercials. I bet that put them out of business! |
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IsIt1984Yet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Yup. Check it out.... |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. From hearing my mother i thought "Jesusmaryanjoseph" was one person |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. My Dad used to say he was going to beat the bejesus out of me, and I |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. "Behave." |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I still think you don't know the meaning of that word. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. . |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. You know |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Oh, thanks for the heads-up. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 12:02 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Nobody liked my suggestion in that thread. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 12:03 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. "Repopulate" was the |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 12:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Pshew. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 12:08 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Pssssssssssst. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 12:12 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. You exposed it |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 04:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
38. My daughter used to say that. |
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tinfoil tiaras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. allergic-i thought it meant you just didn't like something |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. My daughter used it that way, too. Some of her friends' parents' still |
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tinfoil tiaras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Haha, aw. |
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Ava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. delirious |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. Escalator (age 4) |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. That's funny! |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yes "Fire" |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. Also "divulge." |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 01:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. It's a wonder you didn't grow up to be a Republican! |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. Guerrilla |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Now that you mention it, yes, I had that exact same confusion. |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
43. Yes, me too |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. Penal - like "penal system" or "penal code" - |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
19. We Three Kings of Orient Are |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 03:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
37. I thought it was Orientarr! |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 11:06 AM Response to Reply #37 |
50. I used to sing |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. It was my Mom's fault. She'd use the phrase 'worthless as tits on a board' |
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mockmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. Penis |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
25. Believe it or not, "rape." |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:18 AM Response to Reply #25 |
44. I used to get raped and raked confused |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. I was going to reply, but then I saw the image you posted under |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 10:33 AM Response to Reply #26 |
48. just a joke |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:17 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Gotcha. My word was "hydrink." As in, "fire hydrink." The thing that |
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Beware the Beast Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
27. When I was 6 or 7, there was a commercial on TV warning on |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
28. I thought the word "adolescent" had something to do with |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
29. Many of them. Because I read so many words before I ever heard them |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
39. Elbow grease |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 04:43 AM Response to Original message |
40. "Approximately"- thought it meant exactly. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:02 AM Response to Original message |
41. When I was around 10 a friend mentioned the word |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:09 AM Response to Original message |
42. That made me laugh out loud |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
45. Chartreuse. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 10:30 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. For years I thought "chanteuse" and "chartreuse" were somehow two aspects |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #45 |
59. Great liqueur! n/t |
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Jazz2006 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:52 PM Response to Reply #45 |
60. Me, too. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
46. soldier - shoulder |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
49. Iron Curtain |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
51. Impotent. at first I thought people mispronounced 'important' and then |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
52. Assorted. I thought it was "asteroid". |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
53. "civil service", "little ducks", and naive. . . |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
54. "misled" |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
56. When I was little and when my mother was stressed out.... |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
57. deny -- which I prounounced Denny |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
58. Petunia |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
61. Whatchamacallit.... |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
62. Our grocery store used to advertise "Homo Milk" |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
63. Growing up catholic, I mistook the word "vacation" for vatican, when |
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Kailassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
64. When I was a kid, I used to read a lot of adult books, |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
65. My mom and her friends were forever going on diets |
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caty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
66. "No" and "Don't do that". |
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