UpInArms
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Sat Feb-09-08 08:00 PM
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Today's word: internecine (prediction: this thread will drop like a rock) |
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internecine
Main Entry:
in·ter·ne·cine
Pronunciation:
\ˌin-tər-ˈne-ˌsēn, -ˈnē-sən, -ˈnē-ˌsīn, -nə-ˈsēn; in-ˈtər-nə-ˌsēn\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Latin internecinus, from internecare to destroy, kill, from inter- + necare to kill, from nec-, nex violent death — more at noxious Date: 1663
1: marked by slaughter : deadly; especially : mutually destructive
2: of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group <bitter internecine feuds>
Please understand that each of us are responsible for maintaining a civil discussion - please - let us not destroy our DU family
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Sat Feb-09-08 08:01 PM
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jkshaw
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Sat Feb-09-08 08:04 PM
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2. Excellent word UpInArms |
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I like it a lot better than some of the words on this board -- both nouns and adjectives.
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Junkdrawer
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Sat Feb-09-08 08:04 PM
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3. I know it's a crazy, tinfoilhat thought, but every once in a while.... |
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I think that there are people here who perceive it as their JOB to fan the flames of strife.
Right here on DU.
But, of course, that's impossible because, here on the Internet, everyone is just who they say they are and they would never lie.
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Sat Feb-09-08 08:07 PM
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just because you didn't think it would be.
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Sat Feb-09-08 08:11 PM
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5. I love being proved wrong |
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Sat Feb-09-08 08:32 PM
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