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  • I finally came across a word that Diane The Thesaurus did not know

    From Bruce@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 20 01:57:29 2023
    strop·py
    /ˈsträpē/

    adjectiveINFORMAL•BRITISH

    bad-tempered and argumentative.

    "Patricia was getting stroppy"

    I guess Roger probably knows it.

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 20 02:16:23 2023
    Maybe it should have been Dictionary Diane, or Diane The Dictionary.

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  • From RWC@21:1/5 to Bruce on Tue Dec 19 22:48:21 2023
    On Wed, 20 Dec 2023 02:16:23 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

    Maybe it should have been Dictionary Diane, or Diane The Dictionary.

    or Wordsmith Diane

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to RWC on Wed Dec 20 03:53:44 2023
    RWC wrote:

    On Wed, 20 Dec 2023 02:16:23 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

    Maybe it should have been Dictionary Diane, or Diane The Dictionary.

    or Wordsmith Diane

    Wordsmith - a person who works with words, especially : a skillful writer

    She rarely uses any of these oddball words that she knows. She just knows them if she ever sees or hears them.

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  • From RWC@21:1/5 to Bruce on Tue Dec 19 22:56:48 2023
    On Wed, 20 Dec 2023 01:57:29 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

    strop·py
    /?sträp?/

    stroppy

    adjectiveINFORMAL•BRITISH

    bad-tempered and argumentative.

    "Patricia was getting stroppy"

    I guess Roger probably knows it.

    Perhaps Diane would enjoy the hobby of discovering the
    rich panoply of Informal British/Canadian/Aussie/Kiwi words :)

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  • From RWC@21:1/5 to Bruce on Tue Dec 19 23:18:39 2023
    On Wed, 20 Dec 2023 03:53:44 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

    RWC wrote:

    On Wed, 20 Dec 2023 02:16:23 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

    Maybe it should have been Dictionary Diane, or Diane The Dictionary.

    or Wordsmith Diane

    Wordsmith - a person who works with words, especially : a skillful writer

    She rarely uses any of these oddball words that she knows. She just knows them if she ever sees or hears them.

    Agreed, Diane does use advanced words (eg autodidact), but as you
    say, Bruce, only rarely. So, unlike GNP (Grand New Party under Trump)
    Dennis, I grant you that Diane is not a wordsmith.

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  • From DianeE@21:1/5 to RWC on Wed Dec 20 08:49:54 2023
    On 12/19/2023 10:56 PM, RWC wrote:
    On Wed, 20 Dec 2023 01:57:29 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

    strop·py
    /?sträp?/

    stroppy

    adjectiveINFORMAL•BRITISH

    bad-tempered and argumentative.

    "Patricia was getting stroppy"

    I guess Roger probably knows it.

    Perhaps Diane would enjoy the hobby of discovering the
    rich panoply of Informal British/Canadian/Aussie/Kiwi words :)
    -----------
    Perhaps you can all kiss my gyat.

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to DianeE on Wed Dec 20 14:52:48 2023
    DianeE wrote:

    On 12/19/2023 10:56 PM, RWC wrote:
    On Wed, 20 Dec 2023 01:57:29 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

    strop·py
    /?sträp?/

    stroppy

    adjectiveINFORMAL•BRITISH

    bad-tempered and argumentative.

    "Patricia was getting stroppy"

    I guess Roger probably knows it.

    Perhaps Diane would enjoy the hobby of discovering the
    rich panoply of Informal British/Canadian/Aussie/Kiwi words :)
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    Perhaps you can all kiss my gyat.

    Gladly!

    Gyatt or gyat is a slang term that is used to express strong excitement, surprise, or admiration. Gyatt is most commonly used as an exclamation in reaction to seeing a large butt (that is, the buttocks) and may be used as a noun to mean a large butt.

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