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Ya! This guy ought to moderate.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: October 17, 2005 20:36
Subject: [TruthTalk] Get the Real Poop
Here
DAVEH: Before you two start slinging muck at each
other, may I suggest that you are both right on this. As John pointed
out, his daughters usage of the term was not meant to be anything but
endearing, in an adolescent way. (And anybody who has teenage daughters
that are less than angels would probably understand how that works.)
From what I've read of the exchanges, that's the way I understood John to use
the term.
From DavidM's perspective, it
seemed much more of a personal slight....I think due to the nature of email
exchanges lacking the nuances that personal communications usually
offer....such as body language and tonal inflections.........that make subtle
differences in the way we convey and perceive
things.
So........may I offer a simple solution to
you two brethren? How about acknowledging the communication
problem as being a shared failure, and then proceed forward endeavoring to be
more relaxed and flexible in the future? Such works for me....will it
work for you?
Now.....go to this site below and
notice that there are several definitions that may be applicable.
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/poop
BTW DavidM....If your dictionary only offers the below definition,
you may want to opt for the above Websters online. Can't trust MS to
even get an OS right, let alone a dictionary, you
know! :-)
BTW JD......If I may offer a little
unsolicited advice to the Pastor of TT......if you are going to walk close to
the edge of a cesspool, at least put a little smilie on your face so that even
if we smell the stench of your prose, we'll know you enjoyed falling into the
pool! :-D
DavidM wrote:
Perhaps you would be interested in how my dictionary defines the
word. It seems to me that you meant it in this way.
poop [poop] ( plural poops)
noun
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an offensive term that
deliberately insults somebody's intelligence or competence (slang
insult) | [Early 20th century. Origin uncertain:
perhaps a shortening of nincompoop .]
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Library 2005. © 1993-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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