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[Victor Steinbok]

I am now not sure if he said Time-Warner (correct) or Times-Warner. But
that's just an aside.

     VS-)

On 3/21/2012 4:01 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
> Shepp Smith on Fox News within the last half-hour:
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>    "That and a dollar ninety-six will get you a Starbucks."
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> On his internet problems with Times-Warner:
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>    "I'll be screaming at Times-Warner till the cows come home and make
>    new cows!"
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> He's in a particularly snarky mood today.
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> Speaking of which, OED falls far short on the snark angle:
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> snark, n.
>> An imaginary animal. Also /Comb./
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> snark, v.
>> 1. /intr./ To snore; to snort.
>> 2. intr. and trans. To find fault (with), to nag.
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> snarky, adj.
>> /colloq./ Irritable, short-tempered, ‘narky’.
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> The derivatives snarkily, snarkiness and snarkish seem to be just
> fine. "Snarking" is not listed at all.
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> VS-)
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