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#1 2007-02-16 11:25:48

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

'anominously' for 'anonymously'

anominously – 473 googlehits

It may be that some who use this variant of ‘anonymously’ do so, whether consciously or not, because it contains ‘ominously’ and many anonymous acts have more than a whiff of ill-fortune about them, as in phone calls. I can’t plead too convincingly for this because I’m not too convinced…

How’d you feel if they’d keep begging on your door for heroin money ? or anominously calling police saying my dad commited a murder in our town ? or telling …
ultimatecarpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27067&page=6 – 101k – Supplemental Result – Cached

... and he makes millions of dollars, while you’re here anominously ranting and raving over some stupid conspiracy theory on this message board. ...
tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=38860&page=2 – 98k – Supplemental Result – Cached

ok, malicious is a bit of a strong word, but posting anominously on a public forum something like that about someone is just wrong. ...
www.wereallneighbours.co.uk/idlechat/me … start=3690 – 24k – Supplemental Result – Cached

They could all attack anominously and the opposing KD wouldn’t have a clue… Not to mention the insane theiving.. Panic. 02-Mar-2004, 17:18 …
forums.utopiatemple.com/archive/index.php/t-46479.html – 18k – Supplemental Result – Cached -

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