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conservative kidney

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Flash Language

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by Wizard of Oz » Sun May 13, 2018 2:03 pm

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tinfoil hat

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Pluck

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by Bobinwales » Sun Apr 01, 2018 10:46 pm

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spoony

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by Ken Greenwald » Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:21 pm

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Sideboards

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by trolley » Fri Mar 16, 2018 2:02 am

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shine one's knuckles

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by trolley » Thu Apr 19, 2018 8:50 pm

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epistemic closure

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by Ken Greenwald » Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:14 am

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paraphernalia

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by Bobinwales » Wed Sep 04, 2013 6:27 pm

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Khaki/Kharki

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by trolley » Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:50 pm

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One who lives there entire life in one area

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by tafelice » Sat May 05, 2018 1:31 am

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magniloquent

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by Ken Greenwald » Thu Apr 19, 2018 11:51 pm

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L'esprit de l'escalier

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by BonnieL » Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:21 pm

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truckle

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by tony h » Sat Apr 07, 2018 10:25 am

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Small hinges swing big doors

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by PauladePlume » Sun Mar 25, 2018 4:01 am

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Judas Goat

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by trolley » Sun Mar 25, 2018 5:54 pm

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pants on fire

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by Ken Greenwald » Thu Aug 09, 2012 4:30 am

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gig (as in musician's engagement)

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by javamomma » Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:08 pm

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panned by the critics

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by Archived Topic » Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:44 am

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hagiographic

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by Ken Greenwald » Sat Mar 10, 2018 9:38 pm

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Minding ones P's and Q's

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by Shelley » Wed Mar 07, 2018 10:45 pm

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Heavy Heart - Lighter than a feather

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by PhilHunt » Mon May 02, 2011 4:27 pm

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bricolage

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by Ken Greenwald » Sun Mar 04, 2018 6:18 am

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Can't be arsed

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by trolley » Fri Feb 23, 2018 12:55 am

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Ground Zero

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by trolley » Sat Feb 10, 2018 7:46 pm

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bogart

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by Ken Greenwald » Wed Sep 23, 2015 7:10 pm

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just like downtown

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by Archived Topic » Mon Nov 01, 2004 1:15 pm

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bizarro

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by Ken Greenwald » Tue Jan 16, 2018 5:23 am

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shambolic

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by Ken Greenwald » Sun Jan 07, 2018 10:05 pm

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bravura

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by Ken Greenwald » Thu Jan 04, 2018 9:14 pm

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foofaraw

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by Ken Greenwald » Sun Dec 31, 2017 9:41 pm

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bupkus/bubkis/bubkes

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by Ken Greenwald » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:33 pm

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dox/doxing

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by Ken Greenwald » Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:30 pm

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A gift from the Devil’s grandmother

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by Ken Greenwald » Sun Dec 10, 2017 5:22 am

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The Dibble

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by Phil White » Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:00 pm

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The bones of his ass

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by trolley » Tue Dec 05, 2017 7:49 pm

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You're the man! -- You da man!

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by HANGNAM » Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:41 pm

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Sea change

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by trolley » Mon Oct 02, 2017 6:58 pm

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scot-free

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by Ken Greenwald » Mon Dec 04, 2017 12:09 am

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one-night stand

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by rickiiiie » Sat Aug 13, 2005 1:36 pm

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any ideas on the difference betwwen paint kettles and paint scuttles?

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by tony h » Sat Sep 02, 2017 11:49 pm

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Mad as a box of frogs

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by Phil White » Sat Aug 05, 2017 6:06 pm

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to own somebody

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by Phil White » Tue Jul 11, 2017 5:35 pm

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Domestic engineer

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by Manateena » Thu Jul 27, 2017 8:53 pm

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Meaning of abbr. "app.", encountered in word usage articles.

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by cameron2776 » Mon Jul 03, 2017 7:45 pm

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Desert - being deserving of reward or punishment

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by tony h » Fri Jun 16, 2017 8:00 am

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hoodoo: the rock

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by Shelley » Fri Sep 09, 2005 3:11 pm

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autodidact

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by tony h » Thu Jun 01, 2017 9:12 am

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agitprop

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by Ken Greenwald » Wed May 03, 2017 7:18 pm

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