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Words you didn't think were actually words

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  1. basod

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    saw something in a another thread that piqued my memory to a meeting this morning,
    Some background - several of my coworkers are phonetically challenged and we all joke about it...

    A line item in the work completed:

    Disposed of Florissant bulbs

    Me being dumbfounded that the word document it was typed into didn't highlight it as misspelled(partially because it is capitalized) Googled:Google
    it's a town and also geological formation but no it is not a fluorescent light bulb
     
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    Hooked on phonics, I guess!
     
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    an archive is a file storing system or is it an ARE CHIVE?
     
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    The opposite of pro is con, no?

    So then the opposite of progress is ........
     
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    Gingham = jim jum. That would be me.
     
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    Not mine but these bother me. Reoriented. Height said heith. Better stop, I have too many...

    OK, one more, part of my name contains a U and and R. Some people use "you" and "are" instead. Duh, I am spelling my name out. Hmm.

    Ok, really done.
     
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    Don't get me started she says!
     
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    ? "acclimatized" instead of acclimated.

    Another WW one, "cleptify". Sorry to confuse you all.
     
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    :rofl: :lol::whistle:
     
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    "conversating"....
    "baby daddy"....
     
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    I like dryd chives......:whistle:
     
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    Oreintated.... to orient....a lot?

    Irregardless..... to regard

    Unthaw.... to freeze
     
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    Yep, 'em r gooder.:D
     
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    Exactly!

    Irregardless..... to regard= not to not regard :hair:
     
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    Refreeze: To make food unedible. :rofl: :lol:
     
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    Hey, I like double negatives. Funner.
     
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    21 Reasons Why The English Language is Hard to Learn

    1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
    2) The farm was used to produce produce.
    3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
    4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
    5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
    6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
    7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
    8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
    9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
    10) I did not object to the object.
    11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
    12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
    13) They were too close to the door to close it.
    14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
    15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
    16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
    17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
    18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.
    19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
    20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
    21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
     
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    Gooder!
     
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