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Chris -- 2018-04-11
expedient -11,700,000 ghits
exspeedient – 32 ghits (though only 2 relevant ones)
I know ‘expedient’ doesn’t mean ‘fast’ but in common use it is often used as if it did…
smooth and exspeedient transaction thank you, Seller member2h75 ( 543 ), Sep – 11 – 05 14 : 17, 5613275099. excellant ! very fast ! i think your shipment …
feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedbackMemberLeft&memberid=batmite7983&items=1&item=...77k –
Thank you for the exspeedient response. I had received a call earlier and was impressed by the fact that I wasn’t ignored, or put on the “back burner”. ...
www.samnet.net/category.cfm?Category=156 – 31k -
Last edited by Peter Forster (2006-10-20 12:42:26)
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124 ghits for speedient. With this usage, the utterer is looking for a more sophisticated sounding substitute for “speedy”—and gets some subconscious help from “expedient.”
Examples:
Tradewind Station (intro, FT open) – jolt.co.uk public forumsWe have received reports of pirate raids against some of our merchants and we are here to deal with the problem as speedient and efficiently as possible. ...
forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=502127 – 176k – Oct 16, 2006 – Cached – Similar pages
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Speedient production, an imperative of the competition environment, is often as-. sisted by sharing the company’s IT capabilities with cooperating third …
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eBay Member Profile for deedeesplaceSpeedient shipment and perfect merchandise . Thsnks . Buyer virginia7455 ( 17 ), Feb – 24 – 06 19 : 30, 8261678676. GREAT EBAYER ! THANK YOU ! ...
feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=deedeesplace – 81k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages
PriceGrabber User Rating for VioSoftware.com – Steve’s DigicamsBecause of speedient service and ease of ordering you will be highly recomended ! Overall Rating. Date Reviewed : 01 / 27 / 2006. dirtduff from OR …
steves-digicams.pgpartner.com/rating_getreview.php/retid=308/m=4642352/sort=1/order=DESC/page=5/lastrec=100 – 35k – Supplemental Result – Cached – Similar pages
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... aware of the identity number of the tag, and disclose that when placing an order, knowing that this will increase the chance for a speedient delivery. ...
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