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#1 2006-03-27 11:48:13

BitterOldPunk
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Registered: 2006-03-27
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"ease drop" for "eavesdrop"

I like the connotatioin of easing up to another’s conversation in order to overhear it. Spotted in a videogame review on newsvine.com:

If you ease drop just right you’re able to pick up some nice tid-bits of information

at:

http://rentedreviews.newsvine.com/_news … 0#comments

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#2 2006-03-27 17:25:40

patschwieterman
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Registered: 2005-10-25
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Re: "ease drop" for "eavesdrop"

This has been submitted before—most recently by abk on 02/16/06, and before that by Chris Russell on 12/06/05.

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