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(...) According to OED, "snork" is either a snort or grunting noise or a young pig. (It's also apparently Australian and N.Z. slang for a baby.) Or as a verb, it means to snore or to snort or grunt (especially for the noises made by horses and (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) LOL!!! I just liked the way the 'bble' sounded. I've always liked words like "rubble" (Barney Rubble) and "bubble", and there supposedly was a video game by Toru Iwatani (the creator of Pac-Man) named "Libble Rabble." A friend of mine actually (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) It makes me wonder how those lists are monitored. When I send away for cereal box premiums or other things, I use the name "Zonkers". With a last name like Yulish, you'd think somebody would catch on that this just doesn't seem right. But hey, (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I work for a large mail-order company and I think the people that manually key those applications into the system are probably more concerned about making their hourly production than how ridiculous the member names and address are. Case in (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:FnzEED.EFs@lugnet.com... (...) perhaps (...) for (...) than (...) see (...) circled (...) of (...) for (...) I remember a message (in RTL or here?) that gave me a big laugh, which stated that (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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