High five with lips

Wilson Gray wilson.gray at RCN.COM
Mon Oct 25 19:38:54 UTC 2004


On Oct 25, 2004, at 12:54 PM, Beth Simon wrote:

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> sorry -- Desperate Housewives
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> i figure "high five with lips" is a nonce/invention, but i wondered
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Oh. Thank you. But "high five with lips" really sounds interesting,
It's yet another example of youth being wasted on the young. Well, the
relatively young. There was a full-page spread in the local broadsheet
re DH and the fact that the show features "older" women. But, if I had
any children, they would probably be older than those "older" women.

-Wilson

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> On Oct 23, 2004, at 8:19 PM, Beth Simon wrote:
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>> Subject:      High five with lips
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>> Anyone know if "high five with lips" a creation of the writers of
> D.H.,
>> or are there real uses?
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> What is "high five with lips"? What is "D.H."?
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> -Wilson Gray
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>> beth
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>> beth lee simon, ph.d.
>> associate professor, linguistics and english
>> indiana university purdue university
>> fort wayne, in 46805-1499
>> voice 260 481 6761; fax 260 481 6985
>> email simon at ipfw.edu
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