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#1 2017-04-29 15:22:14

DavidTuggy
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outrange < outrage

I am outranged that council are looking to ignore the Gold Coast community and proceed with the recommended tender for PBC Pool

Blamed it to adrenaline rush or from just pure outrange I did managed to free myself.

Given the cries of outrange and general handwringing over SPAM, I completely agree with the Microsoft/Hotmail approach on handling mass emails.

Warren compared gay marriage to incest, drawing expressions of outrange from gay activists.

I just found that because we rented on a weekend that the price per mileage went up 20 cents per mile. I believe 99 cents per mile is outrangeous.

Continuing to ignore his outrangeous behaviour and disgracefully bad “science” shows you administratively as well as intellectually and scientifically in a poor light. I just can’t take you guys seriously anymore.

You are likely to be pushed outside your normal emotional and behavioral boundaries (off the normal range) when another’s behavior is beyond the bounds (/pale/norms/etc.). The first rationale speaks to outranged (if not deranged) reactions; the second more to the outrangeous behavior that provokes them.

+(relevant)+ : the out part of outrage etymologically steps off the range already.

Last edited by DavidTuggy (2017-04-29 15:48:42)


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#2 2017-05-01 12:41:15

burred
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Re: outrange < outrage

Also present as two words, as extra support. Can be literal, as is possible with guns, it seems. Here are a couple of hits.

Athletes can get jobs all they want, they just have to be paid as a normal person would be and not some out rangeous figure like 20+ dollars and hr to wash cars
jock talk

My words were kind of twisted, It may of been the most out rangeous plan I ever thought of. ?”What does that mean?”she asked me.
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