LSSU Banished Words list, 2008

James Harbeck jharbeck at SYMPATICO.CA
Thu Jan 3 00:00:52 UTC 2008


I thought decminate was one tenth of a mate. No?

I'm put in mind of the proposed basic unit of beauty: the milliHelen,
a unit of beauty sifficient to launch one ship.

WRT the currency of the Banished Words list, I guess it's true that
the smell of bullshit carries farther than that of roses.

James Harbeck.

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