Re: Warpwon now MCSE by JaR
JaR
Tue Apr 22 18:20:25 CDT 2008
On 4/22/2008,catwalker63 had the unmitigated gall to claim:
> "David" <wibble@wobble.com> prattled ceaselessly in
> news:OrNPO1EpIHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:
>
> alabaster retard
>
Alabaster:
Pronunciation:
\'a-l?-?bas-t?r\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English alabastre, from Anglo-French albastre, from Latin
alabaster vase of alabaster, from Greek alabastros
Date:
14th century
1 : a compact fine-textured usually white and translucent gypsum often
carved into vases and ornaments 2 : a hard compact calcite or aragonite
that is translucent and sometimes banded
re.tard Pronunciation:
[ri-tahrd, for 1-3, 5; ree-tahrd for 4]
-verb (used with object)
1. to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action,
process, etc.); hinder or impede.
-verb (used without object)
2. to be delayed.
-noun
3. a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
4. Slang: Disparaging.
a. a mentally retarded person.
b. a person who is stupid, obtuse, or ineffective in some way: a
hopeless social retard.
5. Automotive, Machinery. an adjustment made in the setting of the
distributor of an internal-combustion engine so that the spark for
ignition in each cylinder is generated later in the cycle.
A slow vase? A mentally deficient white rock? A calcite that backfires?
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JaR
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