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#1 2020-05-02 09:22:43

Peter Forster
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From: UK
Registered: 2006-09-06
Posts: 1222

'obitual liar' for 'habitual liar'

I’m not convinced but, come the obituary, it could be that lying is the only thing that an obitual liar will be remembered for.

He walks around acting like he is this intelligent man when he is nothing but an obitual liar.

Are you some kind of psychopath or obitual liar or something?

He is a obitual liar who puts our country at risk every day.

Trying to restore my character as a Christian man. But it’s been difficult when you’ re a obitual liar.

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#2 2020-05-08 10:21:09

DavidTuggy
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From: Mexico
Registered: 2007-10-11
Posts: 2713
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Re: 'obitual liar' for 'habitual liar'

Not sure why I love this one so much ―like you, Peter, I doubt its eggcornhood― but I do love it. There’s such a fine ality to it!

Last edited by DavidTuggy (2020-05-08 10:21:59)


*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .

(Possible Corollary: it is, and we are .)

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#3 2020-06-07 02:49:55

Eoin
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Registered: 2006-04-11
Posts: 37

Re: 'obitual liar' for 'habitual liar'

Like John Stonehouse – a clear case of pseudocide.

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#4 2020-06-19 21:18:37

David Bird
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From: The Hammer, Ontario
Registered: 2009-07-28
Posts: 1690

Re: 'obitual liar' for 'habitual liar'

This kind of behavior will only continue to get worse and the younger siblings will most likely become a bitchual liar themselves.
reddit

Trump is a Bitchual Liar
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#5 2020-06-20 06:27:36

DavidTuggy
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From: Mexico
Registered: 2007-10-11
Posts: 2713
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Re: 'obitual liar' for 'habitual liar'

I love it! Likely purposeful, but possibly some user might think it really is the right analysis/etymology. Many of the best liars are smooth and suave, but yes, some are (one is?) bitchual.


*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .

(Possible Corollary: it is, and we are .)

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#6 2020-06-20 21:32:26

DavidTuggy
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From: Mexico
Registered: 2007-10-11
Posts: 2713
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Re: 'obitual liar' for 'habitual liar'

I mentioned this one to my sons this evening, and after they laughed Craig came up with a different take on its meaning. An obitual liar is the one who writes the obituaries, and says things like, “He was a good man, who loved everything and everybody. He will be sorely missed!”

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*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .

(Possible Corollary: it is, and we are .)

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