Ostensibly Hoops
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Re: Ostensibly Hoops
Of late nonplussed has been used by some (many?) people to mean unperturbed. Language being what it is, meanings of words change all the time. I am not here to judge, I was just trying to make sure nobody misunderstood what I was saying if they were amongst the parties that favor the newer usage, although it should've been clear from the context. This is a particularly perplexing case, however, in that the newer usage is the exact opposite of the standard usage. I would guess that most words that evolve in their meanings would do so by degrees, not 180 degrees in one fell swoop. I'm kinda nonplussed about it...
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I refuse to live in a world where nonplussed doesn't mean 'confused'. Informal word drift and bastardization due to people using words they do not know the definition to be damned. DAMNED!
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Re: Ostensibly Hoops
non plussed means confused?
that explains a lot about my encounters with women now
that explains a lot about my encounters with women now
I like the stinky pinky but only up to the first knuckle, I do not want a GD thumb up there--I've told her multiple times and I always catch her when she tries to pull a fast one---it's my butthole for Chrissakes I'm gonna know--so cut out the BS.
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I believe in pedantry.
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
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Oh, I don't think that being cautious to avoid word drift due to ignorance is pedantic. If anything, it is appropriately cromulent.
Anyway, nonplussed is best described as that surprised/confused expression you get on your face when you don't know what to do or say.
Like the time a woman in front of me was going through TSA and they made her do a bag inspection and she pulled put a dildo. I stood there with a dumb look on my face and was wondering why she carried that in a carry on, and was this a protest, and, hey she is kinda cute, wonder if I should say something to her, and are we on the same flight, etc, etc...but I didn't speak any of those thoughts...I just stood there dumbfounded.
Anyway, nonplussed is best described as that surprised/confused expression you get on your face when you don't know what to do or say.
Like the time a woman in front of me was going through TSA and they made her do a bag inspection and she pulled put a dildo. I stood there with a dumb look on my face and was wondering why she carried that in a carry on, and was this a protest, and, hey she is kinda cute, wonder if I should say something to her, and are we on the same flight, etc, etc...but I didn't speak any of those thoughts...I just stood there dumbfounded.
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Lmao
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
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Re: Ostensibly Hoops
I would have said somethingAlabamAlum wrote:Oh, I don't think that being cautious to avoid word drift due to ignorance is pedantic. If anything, it is appropriately cromulent.
Anyway, nonplussed is best described as that surprised/confused expression you get on your face when you don't know what to do or say.
Like the time a woman in front of me was going through TSA and they made her do a bag inspection and she pulled put a dildo. I stood there with a dumb look on my face and was wondering why she carried that in a carry on, and was this a protest, and, hey she is kinda cute, wonder if I should say something to her, and are we on the same flight, etc, etc...but I didn't speak any of those thoughts...I just stood there dumbfounded.
no idea what but my first instinct would be to say "I can't follow that"
I like the stinky pinky but only up to the first knuckle, I do not want a GD thumb up there--I've told her multiple times and I always catch her when she tries to pull a fast one---it's my butthole for Chrissakes I'm gonna know--so cut out the BS.
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I started to, I really did, but I just couldn't...
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Would love to see UNC absolutely destsroy UI tonight.. only time in my life I've openly rooted for the heels.
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crotch wrote:Would love to see UNC absolutely destsroy UI tonight.. only time in my life I've openly rooted for the heels.
no way
UNC needs to go down
IU won't make it to the title game
I like the stinky pinky but only up to the first knuckle, I do not want a GD thumb up there--I've told her multiple times and I always catch her when she tries to pull a fast one---it's my butthole for Chrissakes I'm gonna know--so cut out the BS.
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Crotch is old enough to appreciate ancient enmities (that's from Shakespeare, i.e., Crotch's coeval). But eCat keeps his eye on the current prize.
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Whoops, not quite...
Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
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"Heat not a furnace for your own foe so hot that it do singe yourself."
-Shakespeare (Henry XIII)
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And another of my favs: "Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems" (Henry V)
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he never met BRMAlabamAlum wrote:And another of my favs: "Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems" (Henry V)
I like the stinky pinky but only up to the first knuckle, I do not want a GD thumb up there--I've told her multiple times and I always catch her when she tries to pull a fast one---it's my butthole for Chrissakes I'm gonna know--so cut out the BS.
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DAMN!
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Well done, sir.
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You like the Henry"s...
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According to the odds tracker, Notre Dame should not have won that game....
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BRM = Falstaff
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