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#161 Post by John Hill » Thu Oct 14, 2021 11:19 pm

Yeabut are they farms?
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#162 Post by Hydromet » Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:22 am

bob2s wrote:
Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:56 pm
TGG do not believe that you could apply Pofffler to any of these.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_t ... _Australia
Looked at that list and am surprised at how many of them my work has taken me to.

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#163 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:33 am

Hydromet wrote:
Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:22 am
bob2s wrote:
Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:56 pm
TGG do not believe that you could apply Pofffler to any of these.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_t ... _Australia
Looked at that list and am surprised at how many of them my work has taken me to.
You could fit Liechtenstein into the biggest of those stations 147.4 times! =))
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#164 Post by CharlieOneSix » Sat Jan 08, 2022 9:29 am

Pellucidly - adverb. in a clear and lucid manner

as in Para 45 of Djokovic's submission to the court regarding cancellation of his Australian visa:
The ATAGI Exemption Guidance is then pellucidly clear in identifying “acute major medical conditions that warrant a temporary medical exemption relevant for COVID-19 vaccines,” and that a temporary exemption, “[f]or all COVID-19 vaccines” is “PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, where vaccination can be deferred until 6 months after the infection.”
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#165 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Jan 10, 2022 2:02 pm

spork = a multipurpose eating utensil that combines the bowl of a spoon with the tines of a fork

tine = a slender pointed projecting part or the pointed part of an antler.

Quattuorvigintillion = 10^75
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#166 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:28 am

hinky - ADJECTIVE US informal (of a person) dishonest or suspect. "he knew the guy was hinky" (of an object) unreliable. "my brakes are a little hinky"...

Not to be confused with "kinky" or "rinky-dink"...

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#167 Post by jimtherev » Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:47 pm

Fanglement (pron "vanglement") = any small manufactured item. (Only ever heard in S. Dorset inc Portland)

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