"all" = very; quite

[Dennis R. Preston]

It's obvious that a [-human] partner for "n'em" is a necessity.
"N'stuff" and "n'shit" have always served me well.

dInIs

>>In my late, lamented youth, the preferred form would have been " ...
>>got all boring _and everything_ ..."
>
>Mine too ... but sometimes it was, like: "all boring _and shit_".
>
>The model with "shit" seems quite popular nowadays.
>
>-- Doug Wilson


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Dennis R. Preston
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