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(...) What makes you think the meteorite imagery wasn't intended? In fact, it's exactly the reason the word is chosen: it implies a quick, overwhelming, and hard-to-unavoid effect. If your complaint is about excessive hyperbole, okay, you have a (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I guess I just read from the Spanish sentence to the kimosabe one, and lumped the two together in my mind. Didn't see a tonto reference in your post, but then again, didn't read the post before yours... Everything indicated to me you were (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) My predigested self : ) Kimosabe I think is Indian for friend, and I said that I'm taking Spanish so I would've known what tonto means. It's ok you didn't understand though. Only the young know how to read "predigested pap" : ))))) Hasta la (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) LOL gotta love, or hate, that pop culture. My University of Chicago Spanish-Engilsh dictionary has 9 entries for words that start with "k," and none of them are "kimosabe." The word vaguely looks like it could be a Spanish word, but something (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Do you have a wrist guard on your desk? (...) touche...Had this discussion been held later in the year, I would know more spanish, I'm taking it this year! Oh, I forgot to say, I now know kimosabe, means possibly, friend? (...) Thanks. Hasta (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You won't like it in a few years when your wrists start to go bad. Mice are evil. (...) Ugh, you have never heard of the Lone Ranger? Jeez, these kids today... Kemo sabe was what Tonto (which is Spanish for "stupid," by the way) would call The (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Cartoons of many different types of flame warriors... who do YOU recognise? <g,d&r> (URL) Cottage kit, 577 pieces! (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of Bricksmiths(TM): (URL) Lego Web page: (URL) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) One clue is they had to use an adverb to make the meaning. impact as a metaphorical verb is a new and awkward shortcut for "to make an impact". If over time everybody understands that 'to impact' means 'to place a burden on', then it will be (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) This usage is clearly metaphorical. Where's the problem? (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) <a la Wayne> Good one! -John (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) lugnet.people.studfinder ;-) -Suz (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I strongly suspect something of the sort. I sometimes use ":" for much the same purpose (: grins, : needs coffee, that sort of thing), which is lifted straight from my MUSHing days. James (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Here's another pet peeve - writers who trust a spell-checker, but don't check their grammar. :) Jeff J (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Once again, my quarrel is not with the word itself. I object to it's current trendiness and overuse, particularly by those trying really hard to sound smarter than you in their powerpoint presentations (1). (URL) used, 'methodology' refers (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) A recent commercial for some make of Kia shows a series of crash test simulations, apparently to tout the durability of the vehicle. The voiceover concludes by saying "Pretty impactful, eh?" Impactful! As of this morning, neither (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yes, 'impact' can be used as a verb, but not when the author/speaker should be using 'affect' or 'influence.' People seem to use it when they're trying to make a greater 'impact' on their audience, and that bothers me. I'm not alone on this: (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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"HACKSOR"? That's the device that plumbers use to cut metal pipes with. ;-) [Correct spelling is "hacksaw".] NOTE: Although you translated it out to the word you mentioned above, they actually call people like that "HAXXORS" or some "l33t" (cough) (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmm. These things should be in the Jargon File. But they're not. Someone call Eric Raymond. (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) More real dude. You know, like totally less bogus. (...) Now... how do I get rid of it? All the best, Like totally Allan (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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