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Discussion in 'Word Mechanics' started by Cogito, Jul 29, 2010.

  1. Chudz

    Chudz New Member

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    Angry mutterings proliferated in the classroom when the pop quiz was announced.
     
  2. natsuki

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    The virus proliferated throughout the world in a matter of weeks.
     
  3. gabelpa

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    The bread dough proliferated rapidly, feeding and spreading, long after the residents of the sleepy village had fled in terror.
     
  4. Taylee91

    Taylee91 Carpe Diem Contributor

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    The proliferation of the termite colony was alarming.
     
  5. mammamaia

    mammamaia nit-picker-in-chief Contributor

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    good stuff, gang!

    and gab... i'm still chuckling, visualizing a village being gobbled up by a yeasty beast a la 'the blob'!
     
  6. Nervous1st

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    An itchy rash will proliferate on your skin if biten by the tiny spider.
     
  7. Cogito

    Cogito Former Mod, Retired Supporter Contributor

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    I procrastinated a bit on last week's challenge:

    There was a young laddie named Finn
    of intellect admittedly thin
    He suggested to Kate
    they should proliferate
    So Kate left an imprint on Finn's chin

    And for this week:

    Mr. Biggs noted with approval that his brighter subordinates were striving to subordinate acquaintances into their own subordinate minions.
     
  8. mammamaia

    mammamaia nit-picker-in-chief Contributor

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    ok, i'll bite my tongue, duct tape my fingers, sit on my virgo-ish compulsion to edit/critique/nit-pick, and merely award you an 'A' for effort, my cogity one...

    love and motherly hugs, m
     
  9. Iverni

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    Crotchet

    Great idea, new words. I like it. My contribution: What's a crotchet between friends::confused:
     
  10. mammamaia

    mammamaia nit-picker-in-chief Contributor

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    i'll bite... what is it? ;-)
     
  11. Chudz

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    The private daydreamed about having subordinates, so he could order someone else to do the dirty work for a change.
     
  12. Nervous1st

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    I missed last week so here we go:

    1. Up against Paul, the straight A English student, I was a subordinate choice for the debate team.
    2. Subordinates must salute ranking officers when passing.
    3. I increasingly subordinate my writing to my hectic work and family routine.

    This week was tricky. I wasn't smart enough for the challenge. Let see how I go with these:

    To deal with the large number of replies in this thread, we could concatenate each response and post a single reply.

    Some people would argue that the bible is nothing more than a concatenation of contradictions.

    ETA: Is this con.. CAT... enation. As in meow?
     
  13. Cogito

    Cogito Former Mod, Retired Supporter Contributor

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    Some writers, particularly new ones, concatenate several sentences into one massively compound sentence, effectively creating a sentence to do the work of a paragraph, and they apparently believe that is the key to good writng, because they persist in doing so , even though the resulting sentence no longer has a single central thought to express, and it is extremely difficult to wade through, leaving the reader light-headed from anoxia.
     
  14. Manav

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    However remote it might be from any scientific explanations, the constant bondings of the human minds, the need in us to find our roots, the wonderful desire to find love and mate, and the compulsive longing to live in a society, are all intrinsically link to the concatenating nature of the human DNA.


    P.S. Any grammatical correction (if there is any) will be appreciated.
     
  15. mammamaia

    mammamaia nit-picker-in-chief Contributor

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    'link' should be 'linked'...

    despite that minor flaw, if this were a contest, the winner this week would be........................

    MANAV!!!

    with the ubiquitous [next week's word?] cog as runner-up...
     
  16. Chudz

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    When the teacher gave an assignment asking her students to illustrate concatenation for that night's homework, she had no idea that one student's interpretation would involve super glue and household pets.
     
  17. Manav

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    Thanks maia for the correction

    and for the AWARD!!!
     
  18. mammamaia

    mammamaia nit-picker-in-chief Contributor

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    chudz...
    yours had me giving it a thumbs up till i got to the torturing pets part... ;-(
     
  19. Anonym

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    coddle? throttle? bottle? model?
    interesting word. haven't heard it used in a while
     
  20. Chudz

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    He dawdled on the computer, seeking to avoid yard work for as long as possible.
     
  21. mammamaia

    mammamaia nit-picker-in-chief Contributor

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    sorry, anonym, but none of those rhyme, unless spoken by someone who has a very odd accent, or a speech impediment...

    nice example, chudz... and i know some who'd do the opposite!
     
  22. Cogito

    Cogito Former Mod, Retired Supporter Contributor

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    The fractious, bellicose member was sent packing after a handful of acerbic posts.
     
  23. Manav

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    The moderator never realizes he is as fractious as any other member.;)
     
  24. mammamaia

    mammamaia nit-picker-in-chief Contributor

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    behave yourself, manav...i'll stand for no fractiousness here!
     
  25. Chudz

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    In order to abstain from being a fractious member, I shall keep my chuckles to myself, regarding the three previous posts.
     

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