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Default Word of the day - 04-05-2006, 10:48 AM

here is my wotd. no shit, just as i received it.

[code:f81e5]Subject:
cum: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
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Date:
Wed, 5 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700
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Word of the Day for Wednesday April 5, 2006

cum \KUM; KUHM\, preposition:
With; along with; combined with; -- often used in combination.

In 1999 he finished converting an old dairy into a sort of
village -- a hip warren of apartments adjoining a
restaurant and bar, some art galleries, some studios, and
an "e-mat" (a laundromat-cum-cybercafé).
-- Bill Donahue, "Byte, Byte, Against the Dying of the
Light", [1]The Atlantic, May 2001

Pretty soon, we're digging up the lunch, washing it off at
a stand pipe and heading for the shed-cum-kitchen, where
the two burners are quickly pressed into working overtime.
-- Bob Granleese, "A bumper crop", [2]The Guardian,
September 14, 2002

The memorial service cum political rally for Senator
Wellstone brought the sacred low.
-- William J. Bennett, "A Party of Corruption?",
[3]National Review, November 4, 2002

Mark Humphrey, the rising star among interior designers,
has created a highly-collectable dual-function, chrome and
walnut candlestick-cum-rose vase.
-- Nick Pandya, "Making Christmas a one-off", [4]The
Guardian, November 2, 2002
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Cum is from the Latin cum, "with."[/code:f81e5]
  
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Default 04-05-2006, 10:55 AM

thats awesome.
  
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Default 04-05-2006, 11:16 AM

Heres my word of the day

DIE.


"I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do if I caught one. I just *do* things. I'm a wrench in the gears. I *hate* plans."
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Default 04-05-2006, 01:20 PM

Thats cool, I'm gona see if I can sign up for their word of the day.
  
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Default 04-05-2006, 02:02 PM

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Heres my word of the day

DIE.
Or RIP

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Default 04-05-2006, 02:12 PM

[quote="mR.cLeAn":f2c40]Thats cool, I'm gona see if I can sign up for their word of the day.[/quote:f2c40] i got it for awhile and its really interesting...its just gets annoying to read it everyday tho.
  
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Default 04-05-2006, 02:40 PM

[quote:01664]cum-kitchen[/quote:01664]

sounds like a porn site. *I checked, it's not* loney:
  
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Default 04-05-2006, 03:35 PM

candlestick-cum-rose vase
  
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Default 04-05-2006, 03:50 PM

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candlestick-cum-rose vase
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Default 04-05-2006, 03:52 PM

like, magna or summa cum laude?
  
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Default 04-05-2006, 03:56 PM

interesting.


  
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Default 04-05-2006, 11:54 PM

lol
  
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Default 04-06-2006, 12:13 AM

Quote:
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like, magna or summa cum laude?
[img]http://www.ccdh.nl/images/products/software/games/Leisure%20Suit%20Larry,%20Magna%20Cum%20Laude%20PC .jpg[/img]
  
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