The xxxxing xx is xxxxxx
08-02-2008 | 07:00 AM
#12
Dominant Buck
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RE: The xxxxing xx is xxxxxx
How hard can it be to go to dictionary.com and look it up?
Here....I did it for you.
[blockquote]Word History[/b][/i]: One can readily see that debunk[/i] is constructed from the prefix de-,[/i] meaning "to remove," and the word bunk.[/i] But what is the origin of the word bunk,[/i] denoting the nonsense that is to be removed? Bunk[/i] came from a place where much bunk has originated, the United States Congress. During the 16th Congress (1819-1821) Felix Walker, a representative from western North Carolina whose district included Buncombe County, carried on with a dull speech in the face of protests by his colleagues. Walker later explained he had felt obligated "to make a speech for Buncombe." Such a masterful symbol for empty talk could not be ignored by the speakers of the language, and Buncombe,[/i] spelled Bunkum[/i] in its first recorded appearance in 1828 and later shortened to bunk,[/i] became synonymous with claptrap.[/i] The response to all this bunk seems to have been delayed, for debunk[/i] is not recorded until 1923.[/blockquote]
Figures.....a man from NC originated "bunk"
Here....I did it for you.
[blockquote]Word History[/b][/i]: One can readily see that debunk[/i] is constructed from the prefix de-,[/i] meaning "to remove," and the word bunk.[/i] But what is the origin of the word bunk,[/i] denoting the nonsense that is to be removed? Bunk[/i] came from a place where much bunk has originated, the United States Congress. During the 16th Congress (1819-1821) Felix Walker, a representative from western North Carolina whose district included Buncombe County, carried on with a dull speech in the face of protests by his colleagues. Walker later explained he had felt obligated "to make a speech for Buncombe." Such a masterful symbol for empty talk could not be ignored by the speakers of the language, and Buncombe,[/i] spelled Bunkum[/i] in its first recorded appearance in 1828 and later shortened to bunk,[/i] became synonymous with claptrap.[/i] The response to all this bunk seems to have been delayed, for debunk[/i] is not recorded until 1923.[/blockquote]
Figures.....a man from NC originated "bunk"
08-02-2008 | 07:15 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: The xxxxing xx is xxxxxx
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Good thing hunting season is near, I think you guys are starting to lose it.[&:][&:][&:]
Good thing hunting season is near, I think you guys are starting to lose it.[&:][&:][&:]
08-02-2008 | 07:19 AM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: The xxxxing xx is xxxxxx
Wouldn't it have been a lot easier to just tell him itmeans nonsense?
Early....If I'd done that you'd be bitching I didn't give him the dicitonary.com definition. You're yapping, again
.Give a man a definition....and he knows that one word. Teach him where to find it....and the yappy dogs snap at your trousers.
08-02-2008 | 07:48 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: The xxxxing xx is xxxxxx
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
LOL....
Early....If I'd done that you'd be bitching I didn't give him the dicitonary.com definition. You're yapping, again.
Give a man a definition....and he knows that one word. Teach him where to find it....and the yappy dogs snap at your trousers.
Wouldn't it have been a lot easier to just tell him itmeans nonsense?
Early....If I'd done that you'd be bitching I didn't give him the dicitonary.com definition. You're yapping, again
.Give a man a definition....and he knows that one word. Teach him where to find it....and the yappy dogs snap at your trousers.
I often wonder if you don't just have diarrhea of the mouth/like to hear youself talk.
08-02-2008 | 08:59 AM
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Boone & Crockett
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RE: The xxxxing xx is xxxxxx
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Sorry I couldn't find the thread I think it was removed but I wrote something and Rob said it was absolute bunk! Don't know what it means but that is what he wrote.
Sorry I couldn't find the thread I think it was removed but I wrote something and Rob said it was absolute bunk! Don't know what it means but that is what he wrote.
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Uhhhhhhhhh.....
What?[&:]
This is absolute bunk!! See what happens when your an administrator and you let your emotions get to you.
What?[&:]
I have to admit Dmil, it was cute.
