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Magnetic Poetry Want a really enjoyable little intellectual workout? Watch this. You don't even have to know anything about computers: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2950949730059754521#

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Magnetic Poetry

Magnetic Poetry I was going to say "cool" there, but that mistake (of making my entry too long) makes me realize that "co" is just a shortening of "com." Of course.

December 28, 2009 at 12:02pm
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Magnetic Poetry I've really been thinking a lot lately about the lexeme, "com," or "together." It's obvious how it works in "company" and "combination" and "compassion," but it also interestingly appears in "comedy" and "comfort" and "comma." And so forth... it's all over the place (listen for it!). "Combat" = "together in battle." Co...ol!

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December 28, 2009 at 11:39am
Charles Anderson
Charles Anderson
Is a comma when you're together with your Mom? Complete is when your together with your pleated pants?
December 28, 2009 at 1:18pm
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Magnetic Poetry
No, "complete" is how you ask for your pants to be done at the dry cleaner's.
December 29, 2009 at 11:04am
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Magnetic Poetry Merry Christmas from MagPo, Snuggie-style!

Nancy
Nancy
Great day brightener.....THANKS
December 21, 2009 at 5:00pm
Jennifer
Jennifer
Hmmm...how about a magnetic snuggie?
December 21, 2009 at 6:12pm
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Magnetic Poetry Another great mondegreen that I heard from a friend just last night is "Pulit Surprise." That's much better than the Pulitzer Prize... it just comes out of the blue! I think I already told y'all that for years I thought that "for all intents and purposes" was "for all intensive purposes." You got any of these?

December 19, 2009 at 7:14am
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Magnetic Poetry Just learned a new word: Mondegreen. A mondegreen is the mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase, typically a standardized phrase such as a line in a poem or a lyric in a song, due to near homophony, in a way that yields a new meaning to the phrase. Example: Olive, the other reindeer.

December 19, 2009 at 7:12am
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Magnetic Poetry Loaded Word: Come. Think of all the ways it's used! Like for instance, "Come, come, now, let's all be adults here..." And not THAT kind of adult, pervert.

December 17, 2009 at 8:31am
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Magnetic Poetry Just sent orders off to Hoboken, Poughkeepsie and Sheboygan. All sound like punchlines to jokes told by old Jewish guys.

December 16, 2009 at 7:44am
Heather M Lent
Heather M Lent
hey, i'm that poughkeepsie order! lol
December 16, 2009 at 9:46pm
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Magnetic Poetry
Thanks for the order, Heather! It's gonna take a left turn at Hoboken and wind up in Poughkeepsie! (b'dum, chuh!)
December 17, 2009 at 8:29am
Magnetic Poetry

Magnetic Poetry Do you ever take words apart in your head? In the shower this morning I was thinking about "bewilder." Be Wilder. And be bewildered. It's fun.

December 14, 2009 at 2:16pm
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Magnetic Poetry I still want cheap gift stories. Hey, I might give you one if you send me a story...

December 14, 2009 at 2:14pm
Gina
Gina
Way back in the early 90's, when I was a temp, I helped a friend of a friend, answering the phones for a couple of weeks at the law office she worked at in S.F. I befriended the legal secretary there, who used to have to deal with daily tantrums thrown by the head lawyer. She took so much abuse! Apparently she was happy to have a sympathetic ... See Moreperson to look over at (me), and I talked to her about it not being okayfor him to treat her like that, but my time came to an end there. They offered me a full time job, but I knew I didn't want lawyers in freak-out mode in my daily life so I thanked & declined. Well, for a good-bye-gift, the secretary gave me a little red keychain - nothing fancy - just a little red key chain, saying it was good luck. I'll never forget her. She was so nice. Just this year, I found out that the law office closed and that cranky lawyer died... heart attack. I still use that little red key chain to this day. I think about her, and I know that no one is yelling at her anymore.
December 14, 2009 at 3:52pm
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Magnetic Poetry
That's nice, a little red keychain. I've got a turquoise keychain my boy gave me for my birthday a few years back, and it still occasionally makes me think of the moment I got it. See? Cheap little gifts can be so precious.
December 16, 2009 at 8:03pm
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Magnetic Poetry C'mon, friends, send me a cheap gift story. Please? Just a sentence or two. Here's another favorite I got: a jar of wasabi mayo that changed my sandwich life forever...

December 11, 2009 at 9:44am
Jackie Jackson
Jackie Jackson
whats wrong you did,nt like my comment?
December 13, 2009 at 1:20pm
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Magnetic Poetry
Didn't see one from you, Jackie; lay one on me!
December 16, 2009 at 7:59pm
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Magnetic Poetry Share a story with me about a great cheap gift you've gotten! A standout for me: the telescoping back scratcher my dad gave me a couple of years ago. I use it every single day, and always think of him (the bastard). Love you, Dad!

December 10, 2009 at 12:16pm
Verity Fraser
Verity Fraser
"Bastard" is a term of endearment in our family too! ; ))
December 12, 2009 at 12:27am
Verity Fraser
Verity Fraser
Also commonly used ; "you BASTARD!" or "the bastard", (well, there are 7 of us!) LOL
December 12, 2009 at 12:32am
Verity Fraser
Verity Fraser
And if we are referring to Dad, it's "The old bastard!"
December 12, 2009 at 12:33am
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Magnetic Poetry So, "onion" and "union" are closely related. Hmm. Discuss. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/onion

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Middle English onyon, union, oinyon from Anglo-Norman union from Old French oignon, oingnon from Latin ūniōnem, accusative of ūniō "onion, large pearl", lit. "a unity, a oneness" from ūnus "one". Displaced ...
Verity Fraser
Verity Fraser
I'm an avid onionist. Meat pie + raw onion = *bliss*
December 3, 2009 at 2:59pm
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Magnetic Poetry
Also related to "One." Cool!
December 4, 2009 at 9:59am
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Magnetic Poetry Ban divorce in CA; here, here! Love it: http://bit.ly/7jBicl

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Magnetic Poetry Good football name, coaches' edition: Lovie Smith.

November 29, 2009 at 9:45am
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Magnetic Poetry
Just like that he's so... lovie!
December 1, 2009 at 10:04am