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#1 2006-09-09 21:39:43

jorkel
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Registered: 2006-08-08
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WHIZzical (quizzical)

Google Counts on Sept 9, 2006
1,010,000 quizzical
103 whizzical + 12,700 whizical

“Quizzical” means 1. slightly eccentric, or 2. inquisitive.
“whizzical” seems to introduce the notion of a whiz (an extremely bright or talented person) into the mix.

First Congress Proposal Part 1In an era when telematics has industrialised the imagination, our resources and intellegence must move beyond the mental and whizzical constraints imposed …
www.unpopular.demon.co.uk/nli/fc/fc1.html – 4k – Cached – Similar pages

Twelve Teams That Hope the Bubble Doesn’t Burst :: CollegeSports …Special thanks once again to the whizzical mathman Mr . Boyd Nation for the use of his well – respected ” pseudo ” RPI that he posts throughout the season . ...
www.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/stories/051304aba.html – 61k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages

art soldier: $75000/Month for a Shithole in Chelsea?UPDATE: A anonymously whizzical commenter has suggested that Schmerler’s Chelsea price is faulty and probably due to a mix up between ‘per month’ and ‘per …
artsoldier.blogspot.com/2006/04/75000month-for-shithole-in-chelsea.html – 29k – Cached – Similar pages

RE: Visual Tools for FuseboxIf anyone is whizzical with VTML, I think everyone would really appreciate your efforts. John——- Original Message——- From: “Fred T. ...
www.mail-archive.com/fusebox@houseoffus … 02793.html – 8k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages

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