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#1 2013-06-01 17:08:40

burred
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From: Montreal
Registered: 2008-03-17
Posts: 1112

Nasty roamers

Once they get started, rumours can spread like wildflowers. They get loose in the world and just roam around.

there is a roamer going around that im getting jumped so i walked up to her an i sad ‘’what are all these roamers about me saying this’’
Yahoo questions

There has been a roamer going around here about you having a fish tattoo
Ebook – $3.03

But wait the plot thickens, the geospatial roamer mill has been buzzing for some time
Software forum

That was the beginning of a NASTY roamer and another LIE!
News comment

Rumors can also spread like wall fire, wild flies, and wild far, wildflour and while fire.

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#2 2013-06-03 11:23:34

kem
Eggcornista
From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 2872

Re: Nasty roamers

Good one. Got that ol’ semantic sizzle.

Trying to remember who said “I don’t like to spread rumors, but it’s hard to know what else to do with them.”


Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.

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#3 2013-06-05 05:37:05

DavidTuggy
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From: Mexico
Registered: 2007-10-11
Posts: 2752
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Re: Nasty roamers

“I don’t like to repeat gossip, so I’ll only say this once: …”


*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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