I can't take it anymore. (quote, words, dictionary)
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On the other hand, perhaps "trader" was meant as a pun, since the player in question signed with another team. Not spelling the name right does not get a pass, though.
On the other hand, perhaps "trader" was meant as a pun, since the player in question signed with another team. Not spelling the name right does not get a pass, though.
If Ellsbury was traded from one team to another, wouldn't he be the "tradee" (I think I just invented a word), rather than a trader?
If Ellsbury was traded from one team to another, wouldn't he be the "tradee" (I think I just invented a word), rather than a trader?
No, no coining of words. Adding ee to a word to give it such a meaning as you've used it came about long long ago from a dirty joke that made the rounds way back in the olden days. I've even heard references to it on the national news as in: the talker or the talkee or countless other combinations of the doer or the doee.
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Actually, Grassy Knowles would be a good stage name for a counter-culture musician or other creative artist.
Do you recall Jello Biafra, a West coast musician from the '80s?
He was the lead singer for a group known as The Dead Kennedys.
I guess the idea was to have somebody with a weird, offensive name fronting for a band with an offensive name.
"I have gotten several pears of Wranglers from Walmart..."
Anjou, Bartlett or Bosc are familiar names of pears, but Wrangler is a new one.
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