mefi quote, no. 46

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I have never before seen the OED call an attempted etymology "inept".
posted by Flunkie at 5:18 AM on May 6

More and more of my childhood is vanishing into the void. It's like losing the ground from underneath you. My father and grandfather both talked about this happening to them. How you cede your cultural relevancy and grounding to another generation and it makes you feel a little rudderless and lost. They were right.
posted by tkchrist at 3:49 PM on June 25

Baby is also a valid name if you're in an 80s movie and have an aversion to corners.
posted by Navelgazer at 11:44 AM on June 23

Imagine what that must have been like if you were a) a 13-year-old girl b) in love with Morten Harket and c) not expecting it.
posted by cirocco at 4:24 PM on October 6

It shows that in any prevailing culture, ours is not a choice of position, in or out, but rather of role, with or against. Both serve to create and center our social existence in the same culture.
posted by Sova at 5:28 PM on October 9

"The buying of more books than one can possibly ever read is the soul's way of trying to achieve infinity."
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 1:05 PM on October 9
   
One will be judged by the content of their mental processes, not by the skin of knowledge that sits on top of thought.
posted by Eideteker at 9:57 PM on September 28

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