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Date Posted: 04:01:07 01/29/02 Tue
Author: squeax
Subject: my friend webster tells me....
In reply to: Toffly 's message, "Whoa" on 03:51:51 01/29/02 Tue

as a verb: 1 a : to clear of guilt b : to free from moral or ceremonial defilement
2 a : to cause evacuation from (as the bowels) b (1) : to make free of something unwanted (2) : to free (as a boiler) of sediment or relieve (as a steam pipe) of trapped air by bleeding c (1) : to rid (as a nation or party) by a purge (2) : to get rid of

aaand as a noun! :

1 : something that purges; especially : PURGATIVE
2 a : an act or instance of purging b : the removal of elements or members regarded as undesirable and especially as treacherous or disloyal

hee.
i like quoting the dictionary. makes me look smart :�

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Replies:

Ooo! Thanks! -- Toffly, 04:08:58 01/29/02 Tue
- Re: Okay...you DID ask. -- rueyeet, 12:59:17 01/29/02 Tue
Wow! You have a friend named Webster that knows the exact definitions of words?!?! -- existi, 10:11:12 01/29/02 Tue
- I do.. -- squeax, 00:06:51 01/30/02 Wed
  - Can I have his address? -- Toffly, 03:51:05 01/30/02 Wed
    - that you can! -- squeax, 03:00:12 01/31/02 Thu
  - Who's Handy? -- existi, 07:36:58 01/30/02 Wed
    - Handy Andy, that's who. (NT) -- Mother eVol, 07:53:22 01/30/02 Wed
      - Who's Handy Andy? -- existi, 08:44:38 01/31/02 Thu
        Re:Handy Andy? It's kind of similar to the Crafty Beaver. -- Mother eVol, 10:57:05 01/31/02 Thu

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