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3:06 PM

@RegDwigнt Genius!

nohat’s answer applies here, too:

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A: Is majoritively a word?

Yes, majoritively is a word. It comes from applying two common, productive suffixes to the existing word majority: -ive converts a noun into a adjective or another noun -ly converts an adjective into an adverb or a noun into an adjective The second of those is incredibly productive; the firs...

how's everyone?

Matt Эллен

Yea ... I saw that prior to posting, but was wanting some more expert advice. I don't usually trust any wiki-type site without further research to back up what's said in there. — Code Maverick Oct 20 at 15:57

this is a wiki-type site

I don't know

@Jez alright. looking forward to time off. how are you?

feeling sick

Matt Эллен

oh dear. what kind of sick?

like noticing little things wrong and getting a major anxiety attack. i dont wanna be at work :-(

but i didnt have enough holiday left too book many days off at xmas. i have to work today, tomorrow and new years' eve

Matt Эллен

3:18 PM

that sucks. I have to save holiday because they close the factory over the holidays

save holiday?

Matt Эллен

yeah. as opposed to use it up

save it for christmas/new year

oh

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

So you are forced to use your holidays because the workplace is closed?

Matt Эллен

yes

3:20 PM

it's freaking crazy. like 4 weeks ago i wasnt even thinking about my health

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

That's evil

i'm ludicrously obsessed with it

Matt Эллен

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I was annoyed the first year, but it's not so bad, since it's time I want to take off anyway

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Jez You should just take some placebos to deal with that hypochondria

Matt Эллен

@Jez what do you think has triggered it?

3:21 PM

erm, they dont work if you know they're placebos rolleyes

Matt Эллен

@Jez actualy, they can.

@MattЭллен certain health problems

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@MattЭллен If they're closed they're closed. Vacation time should be taken on your own terms. OR they should compensate by giving you extra days.

@MattЭллен Which is why we prefer answers that are supported by verifiable references to their primary sources.

Unlike say Wiktionary.

Or Etymonline.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Jez So take some naturopathic remedies. They might be effective....

3:23 PM

give me a break

Matt Эллен

Placebos can work even when you know they're fakes

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@tchrist Etymonline is mainly synthesized from verified sources, afaik, but sadly he doesn't link to them.

yeah, well. im drinking water now. i'll try to believe it's magical healing water

see whether that works. aint working so far.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Well, I saw from the transcript that you weren't planning to visit your real doctor. So, plan B!

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 And this is the problem. Two of them actually.

Matt Эллен

3:25 PM

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 technically you can ask the site to be opened up so you can work

@Jez I think if you're told by an authority that the water will have a placebo effect, then maybe it well help. Of course, you have to have faith in the authority

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@MattЭллен lol

cra. zee

Matt Эллен

nasty looking blood blisters

i've got one of those freaking things on my lower lip (that isnt me in the photo btw)

and a small blood blister on my foot

this worthless body

Matt Эллен

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 yeah

3:28 PM

hey god, i want my money back

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Jez you have to return the body first

Matt Эллен

god outsources all human body manufacture to mothers.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Science: ruining everything since 1543: youtube.com/watch?v=Rk2izv-c_ts

yeah, i wish people didnt publish so much info on health!

all you do is think about diseases

@Robusto @Mitch @Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 @medica Please delete-vote this crap before somebody reöpens it and makes us go through the whole closure process again:

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Q: A single word which can be used in the place of floccinaucinihilipilification whithout losing the nuances of its meaning

Humans are quick to partake in the floccinaucinihilipilification process, it has happened before and it will happen repeatedly until evolution explicates perfect men. Is there a single word that conveys the meaning of floccinaucinihilipilification and that therefore can be used in the senten...

meaning single-word-requests synonyms

3:31 PM

local shopping mall was stupidly packed today

i gave up on the idea of going in there and buying some food

why do people want to subject themselves to being crammed in the shops like that

Thanks.

probably picking up the flu while they're at it

@AndrewLeach Because I never reload, I hadn’t noticed that you’d gone and created a monogram for yourself. I like it.

It's two letters from a font called Versals (no surprise) but I didn't have to do anything with them: the flourishes and the diamond matched up perfectly.

anyone doing anything interesting? i'm not.

where's Jasper when you need him, lol

does he live in Singapore?

Matt Эллен

3:43 PM

Nov 11 at 12:52, by Jasper Loy

The world is not supposed to know where I am from from now.

this place is like a morgue

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Q: Synonym for wow

What alternatives are there to the word wow (as in wow, the team are getting better) Thanks and please don't forget I am new so don't be harsh

haha

Closing this question wouldn't be harsh, really.

is that the doge?

Matt Эллен

3:52 PM

it's Someone

Someone might be upset that we closed their question

@AndrewLeach I know Versals.

look at this: geacron.com/home-en/?&sid=GeaCron602997

empires over the ages

4:15 PM

Ding-dong.
Airport calling.
I must away
Before midday.
Seems so wrong,
This Christmas mauling.

I hope the airport traffic isn't bad tomorrow afternoon.

where are you going?

@Robusto

4:31 PM

user image

My Christmas eve

how about yours?

work

:-(

wouldn't be surprised if we don't even get a half-day

5:00 PM

Would you get Laser eyes surgery or buy some really cool glasses?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

If I could make it so that I could see properly and never need glasses, I'd definitely do it.

I like glasses

But you might suffer from dry eyes in 5 years.

It's a side-effect from getting the surgery.

Also no surgery is 100% safe.

5:13 PM

@Jez Who says I'm going anywhere?

Have to pick up my son.

oh

5:32 PM

Stuppid back-end dev spelled "classroom" as "classsroom" in a property name. Now I'm obliged to misspell it too.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

5:46 PM

@Robusto s/classsroom/classroom/g ?

6:13 PM

For the holiday season: Stay

Let me clothe this naked link.

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I don't know where else she's put it. If I change it, I own it.

Hi @Jasper.

@KitFox Hello. It's writing day.

Oh, so it is!

Your last day to write?

6:16 PM

I don't write. I just like to remind people to write.

Thanks for the reminder. It's been a crazy day.

A lightning write would be nice.

Your last day to remind people to write.

@skullpatrol Why would it be the last day?

You said you may not come back in the new year.

Yeah, maybe. We'll see. Anything is possible.

6:18 PM

Say true to your priorities my friend.

I have priorities that never change, but plans can change, and plans are not priorities, merely tools to the priorities.

6:33 PM

All I am saying is for you @JasperLoy to continue to make plans that are completely focused on those priorities by not wasting any more time.

@skullpatrol Yup.

:)

6:55 PM

@KitFox That's a nice article, stay.

I thought so. And it's that time of year.

So I thought it would be good to share.

@skullpatrol My priority is snacktime. By any measure of that I am a true success.

Wait...holy shit! I have another snack waiting for me.

WOO!

Exactly!!

Double WOO!!

:D

7:09 PM

@Mitch Double WOO is WOOWOO, you locomotive you.

WOO WOO Hope you get my name };-)

Pleased to meet you.

Woo Hoo Boo.

Deception is the nature of my game.

7:28 PM

You're a man of wealth and taste.

WOO WOO

18 mins ago, by skullpatrol

WOO WOO Hope you get my name };-)

WOO WOO

Wikipedia is down. Must be the last-minute Christmas traffic.

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A: Till death do WE part

Nobody really has the sense of this yet. In Till death do us part us is the object of the verb part. Write it another way to make it clearer: Till death do part us Now, why is there a do there instead of a does? Because it is not an indicative but a subjunctive statement. Another way...

I felt obliged to weigh in.

+1

@Robusto I need to correct somebody for christmas

Limerick Machine: There once was a tireless judge Sat on the road eating fudge He ate with a frown His car had brok…

posted on December 23, 2014 by sgdi

There once was a tireless judge Sat on the road eating fudge He ate with a frown His car had broke down Without wheels it wouldn’t budge

7:39 PM

Why wait for Christmas? You can correct someone year round. It's the gift that keeps on giving.

I just have a lot extra I want to share. People are more wrong around this time of year. I'm helping.

1 hour later…

9:06 PM

Hello @JohanLarsson, how are you spending your Christmas?

with family & snow

Have you gotten married with your girlfriend?

<- afk

@JasperLoy nope :)

9:19 PM

hi

@Jez Have you seen a doctor about your health concerns?

nope

i will if they persist

this place was quiet earlier

@Jez How's your luck with girls?

bad

9:37 PM

comme d'habitude

@Jez What's that?

french

Meaning?

as usual

9:48 PM

i guess everyone's away for christmas

I am here, not going anywhere.

10:30 PM

@MattЭллен Are you still around?

Matt Эллен

what's up?

Nothing, just wondering what you are doing? I am still awake.

what time is it there?

It's 6.34 am.

wth is that about by HipsterMathematician

10:36 PM

It got flagged? You should invalidate it.

Matt Эллен

Oh, I was just watching youtube vids. nothing interesting :D

11:32 PM

Hello @mitch, seems it is just us left.

11:47 PM

People will come back. They always do.

you guys need to be around tomorrow. i have to work and it'll be boring

Best time to get work done! No distractions.

So with that as a challenge I'll be sure to make an appearance

@Jez I am always around. If you need to, you can even email me.

@Mitch nah, the work we've got on right now is dull as hell

i'd be much better just being off tomorrow

My mum will be working every day this week, but she'll be off next Wed and Thu.

11:56 PM

even christmas day?

Yup. Not that we need the money. But she thought she might as well work when she still can.

And also, because the future is very uncertain, given my condition.

condition?

My mental illness.

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