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#1 2010-01-18 18:54:10

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'the glory details' for 'the gory details'

Another of those misunderstandings which invert the meaning but are no less popular for it.

Learn all the glory details of credit card disputes, retrievals and chargeback requests.
www.gotmerchant.com/disputes_retrievals_chargebacks.php

But if you like all the glory details like I do this book is just right for you. Ok, it’s all about Natches, the baddest and darkest of the boys …
www.amazon.com/review/R31JIBOAMIFJWW

MacWilliams and Sloane’s book on error correcting codes has the glory details about the theory and programming.
chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/BCH+Hashing

We’ll have all the glory details for you tomorrow in an in-depth hotel review, complete with more pictures, but for now, sit back and enjoy …
www.hotelchatter.com/.../Inside_The_Har … dise_Tower

Installing and properly configuring a Condor pool is (unfortunately) a complex process, and this manual will not attempt to describe all the glory details.
www.uscms.org/SoftwareComputing/Grid/WM … index.html

Great post Ben, People who have raised venture funding do not wish to share all the glory details that you have now so nicely addressed …
www.instigatorblog.com/7-things-no-one-ever…/12/

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#2 2010-01-20 15:58:26

kem
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From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 2851

Re: 'the glory details' for 'the gory details'

Yes, I see the link at the DNA level. They are both words of gusto used in expletives (“Glory be!” “Gory, man.”).


Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.

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