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Am I the only annoyed by the use of the word "ouster". The definition of this word make no sense when compared to other words with the "-er" suffix. To me the only usage of this word should be in referring to "someone in the process of ousting or (...) (20 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: A Small Rant About Word Usage
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(...) Isn't Ousterreich near Hungary? They used to be part of the same country, but the former got "Ousted", and thus the name. - Schlickbernd's Insidious Book of Spurious Quotations and Dubious Facts -->Bruce<-- (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Perhaps it's the word order that's causing you grief. What if you said, "I call for the ouster of the CEO." No, that's the same, isn't it? Eclectic English and its scrambled semantics! :) Regardless, the definition does seem to be accurate, (...) (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I expect Orion was hearing it a LOT... up till about 2 November. Then I expect the calls stopped. But they'll start up again come 2007... (Orion is in the US Navy, his CEO is a fellow who formerly unsuccessfully ran a major league baseball (...) (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: A Small Rant About Word Usage
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(...) Yeah well, I would have voted Libertarian if I'd though it would have made a difference but alas the Libertarian Party has no real chance of winning elections and they have right shifted too much I my opinion. I'm realy caught in a quadery as (...) (20 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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