prefix of the year (POTY) - smart

[Tom Zurinskas]

> Don't be a smartass.
>
> VS-)

Don't be a dumbass (see below)

And then there's American smart-elevators in Scotland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FFRoYhTJQQ

Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, Tenn 3, NJ 33, now Fl 9.
See how English spelling links to sounds at http://justpaste.it/ayk


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> Subject: Re: prefix of the year (POTY) - smart
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> Don't be a smartass.
>
> VS-)
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> On 1/11/2012 1:34 PM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
> > I saw "smartphone" as a generic term first time last year. Now smart-TV a=
> > nd smart -glasses (eyeglasses) are happening. But since these are so smart=
> > does it make the opposite dumb: dumbphones=2C dumb-TV=2C dumb-glasses. =
> > Maybe "snail" is appropieate such as for snail-mail. snail-phones=2C snail=
> > -TV=2C snail-glasses. Or are we outsmarting ourselves.
> > =20
> > Another POTY which is used all the time is "robo". As a verb? I roboed my=
> > self to work this morning....?
> > =20
> > Tom Zurinskas
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