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#1 2006-03-03 15:48:53

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'curve your enthusiasm' for 'curb your enthusiasm'

To ‘curve’ one’s enthusiasm is, I suppose, to take a more oblique or sidelong approach. It almost makes sense. About 180 ghits, many referring to the HBO series:

So: to all the young and – unfortunately vaguely talented people out there: curve your enthusiasm and beware of what you really need: talent is 10% ...
www.gamespot.com/forums/show_msgs.php?t … 044&page=1

And Golgotha, remember to curve your enthusiasm a little tiny bit, at the very least don’t call your pops ‘dude’.
club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=162151&page=5

Curve your enthusiasm there. From the report (All we have) it would seem that the biker was at fault.
god.therevoltpress.org/forums/showthread.php?t=131&page=1

I am hooked on this. show on HBO “Curve your Enthusiasm” its rather funny.
forums.orderofronin.com/showthread.php?mode=hybrid&t=560

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