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Usenet Posted 23 years ago
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A word for a person always playing safe
Yo!
Somebody please give me a word, and please make it as insulting as possible, for a person always playing safe, or the practice of doing so. "Calculating" and "unhip" is the best I could come up with by mice elf, but it obviously only covers a very small part of what I feel for the said individual/practice. "A (cowardly) maneuvering pig," would be the general sentiment.
I need it to describe an author and his (or his publisher's, whatever) probably practical, out of doubt pathetic custom of deleting the paragraphs his American public might perceive "controversial."
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http://www.bigfoot.com/~n63
Somebody please give me a word, and please make it as insulting as possible, for a person always playing safe, or the practice of doing so. "Calculating" and "unhip" is the best I could come up with by mice elf, but it obviously only covers a very small part of what I feel for the said individual/practice. "A (cowardly) maneuvering pig," would be the general sentiment.
I need it to describe an author and his (or his publisher's, whatever) probably practical, out of doubt pathetic custom of deleting the paragraphs his American public might perceive "controversial."
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http://www.bigfoot.com/~n63
Top answer
[nq:1]Yo! Somebody please give me a word, and please make it as insulting as possible, for a person always playing ... "[/nq] How about "quisling"?
- [nq:1]Yo!
- Somebody please give me a word, and please make it as insulting as possible, for a person always playing ...
- "[/nq] How about "quisling"?
- Cheers, Harvey
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[nq:1]Yo! Somebody please give me a word, and please make it as insulting as possible, for a person always playing ... his publisher's, whatever) probably practical, out of doubt pathetic custom of deleting the paragraphs his American public might perceive "controversial."[/nq]
How about "quisling"?
Cheers, Harvey
How about "quisling"?
Cheers, Harvey
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[nq:1]Yo! Somebody please give me a word, and please make it as insulting as possible, for a person always playing ... his publisher's, whatever) probably practical, out of doubt pathetic custom of deleting the paragraphs his American public might perceive "controversial."[/nq]
You don't need the word, if all you want to do is be insulting.
I was going to suggest "chicken", but you ca
You don't need the word, if all you want to do is be insulting.
I was going to suggest "chicken", but you ca
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[nq:1]Yo![/nq]
Yo!
[nq:1]Somebody please give me a word, and please make it as insulting as possible, for a person always playing safe, ... his publisher's, whatever) probably practical, out of doubt pathetic custom of deleting the paragraphs his American public might perceive "controversial."[/nq]
'Pusillanimous'. A very woody word.
But frankly I can't see too much wrong with alwa
Yo!
[nq:1]Somebody please give me a word, and please make it as insulting as possible, for a person always playing safe, ... his publisher's, whatever) probably practical, out of doubt pathetic custom of deleting the paragraphs his American public might perceive "controversial."[/nq]
'Pusillanimous'. A very woody word.
But frankly I can't see too much wrong with alwa
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[nq:1]Yo! Somebody please give me a word, and please make it as insulting as possible, for a person always playing ... whatever) probably practical, out of doubt pathetic custom of deleting the paragraphs his American public might perceive "controversial." N. http://www.bigfoot.com/~n63
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Fancy enough, I like it, but I was looking for something more on the line of the German word "sicher-something" I vaguely remember.
[nq:1]But frankly I can't see too much wrong with always playing safe. 'Always Play Safe' is the closest thing I have to a motto.[/nq]
Good for you but sometimes it's just repugnant. For my context, if you care, GoTo
[nq:1]But frankly I can't see too much wrong with always playing safe. 'Always Play Safe' is the closest thing I have to a motto.[/nq]
Good for you but sometimes it's just repugnant. For my context, if you care, GoTo
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[nq:2]Yo! Somebody please give me a word, and please make ... of deleting the paragraphs his American public might perceive "controversial."[/nq]
[nq:1]How about "quisling"?[/nq]
Too Nordic.
[nq:1]How about "quisling"?[/nq]
Too Nordic.
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[nq:2]Risk is a young man's game, young man.[/nq]
[nq:1]I wish I was. To be a quadragenarian is not what I call young.[/nq]
Hmph!
PB
[nq:1]I wish I was. To be a quadragenarian is not what I call young.[/nq]
Hmph!
PB
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[nq:1]... "A (cowardly) maneuvering pig," would be the general sentiment.[/nq]
Invertebrate (spineless)
Anorchic (lacking testicles - I made that up)
Whatever the Latin is for gutless
Jitze
Invertebrate (spineless)
Anorchic (lacking testicles - I made that up)
Whatever the Latin is for gutless
Jitze
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[nq:2]... "A (cowardly) maneuvering pig," would be the general sentiment.[/nq]
[nq:1]Invertebrate (spineless) Anorchic (lacking testicles - I made that up) Whatever the Latin is for gutless Jitze[/nq]
Invertebrate, gutless that's more like it. You read my mail.
Thanx!
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[nq:1]Invertebrate (spineless) Anorchic (lacking testicles - I made that up) Whatever the Latin is for gutless Jitze[/nq]
Invertebrate, gutless that's more like it. You read my mail.
Thanx!
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[nq:1]'Pusillanimous'. A very woody word.[/nq]
Incidentally, before I posted that I had a quick riffle through some glossaries of specialist slang (gamblers', bond-traders' and con-men's) hoping to find something more colourful. No luck, but in the introduction to The Big Con by the late David Maurer, Luc Sante explains why Maurer, a linguist who specialised in the study of argots, had written
Incidentally, before I posted that I had a quick riffle through some glossaries of specialist slang (gamblers', bond-traders' and con-men's) hoping to find something more colourful. No luck, but in the introduction to The Big Con by the late David Maurer, Luc Sante explains why Maurer, a linguist who specialised in the study of argots, had written
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