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Chris -- 2018-04-11
yanogator brought up voiceterous yesterday, which is apparently already in the Database. I went looking for boysterous, which turns out to have been used to death already as a name for a “boy group” * shudder *, a racehorse, and a line of dolls for boys. I had more luck with this effervescent version:
Playing in a significant cross wind and in front of a boilsterous and raucous crowd on campus
http://www.tennesseerugby.com/schedule/ … ing_OU.htm
Installing moderates royal heads in those countries, and subsidize them with oil money was the most convenient way to put a lid on the potentially boilsterous situation.
http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsgs … htype=Next
For god’s sake they advertize the Mercedes ME55 AMG on TV now… mainstream sedan at… 465 hp!!! How many of those boilsterous idiots now think they can race a bike?
http://forums.ninja250.org/viewtopic.ph … c41bac938f
A bragging lot of boilsterous lushes, but a fair tribe of talegivers and warriors.
http://puppetmotel.net/jukebox/archives/000366.html
many even veiw it as a sin,saying that silent unemotional reverance is more pleasing to God than loud boilsterous worship.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/s … =firefox-a
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Good one. It makes the ol’ kettle whistle.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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