Constipated
Syncopated
Addlepated
Twitterpated

What is this "pated" suffix?

Anyone have other "pated" words?

Is it possible to be better known, but less famous?

I read an article on Salon that begins with this sentence

Having stampeded his ill-informed predecessor into a series of catastrophic blunders, it appears that Dick Cheney has declared open bureaucratic war -- the only kind he's ever known how to fight -- upon President Barack Obama.

Do you see anything wrong with it or is it all in my head?

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You disappoint me. Improper English is now apparently quite English.

For future reference, I'm listing some phrases that have seen some use of late. Perhaps if other people read them, they will gain wider currency ( Read more... )

I was in the men's room a few minutes ago and heard the janitor talking to a patron. He seemed to be telling the guy about his new grandkid. The Janitor is from somewhere in Europe and told the guy the new kid weighed "4 kilos". The guy paused a second and said "That's like 10 pounds!" The janitor said "no, no, 7 pounds." This went back and forth a ( Read more... )

When plans are first being made, they're formative.
When there's only one or two things left to check, they're tentative.
When they're solidified, what are they? Twentytwotative?

Yesterday I was watching the Packers game on the plane. The big story of the game was Aaron Rodgers succeeding Brett Favre as the starting QB for the Packers ( Read more... )

"A curvy woman's like a hamdog"

From democraticunderground.com

Dino Rossi, Republican candidate for governor of Washington, illustrated the depths that the Republican party has sunk to last week when he announced that he will be identified as a member of the "G.O.P. Party" on the ballot this fall
That's right, he'll be identified as a member of the Grand Old Party Party. Their ( Read more... )