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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 648.1 | of or like a cove? | IOSG::LAWM | That's just the way it is! | Wed Apr 05 1989 13:28 | 12 |
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covid - v. to share a video cassette player; to watch television with
one or more friends :-)
I (in agreement with Chambers and Webster's dictionaries) don't think
that it *is* a word. Anyone got the new OED to prove me wrong?
Mat.
*:o)
PS Not doing the Times puzzles by any chance, Jamie?
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| 648.2 | | NEARLY::GOODENOUGH | | Wed Apr 05 1989 16:11 | 5 |
| > -< of or like a cove? >-
No, that would be covoid.
Jeff.
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| 648.3 | he's a real covid, y'know...;-) | IJSAPL::ELSENAAR | Fractal of the universe | Wed Apr 05 1989 16:58 | 6 |
| Isn't "covid" a noun? A combination of "covert" and "vivid"?
You know: someone who *must* be very active, but apparently at times you are not
looking... :-)
Arie
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| 648.4 | | AITG::DERAMO | Daniel V. {AITG,ZFC}:: D'Eramo | Wed Apr 05 1989 19:27 | 2 |
| Thou shalt not covid thy neighbor's dictionary.
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| 648.5 | | THEGIZ::PITARD | WILD in the streets! | Wed Apr 05 1989 21:00 | 9 |
| > <<< Note 648.4 by AITG::DERAMO "Daniel V. {AITG,ZFC}:: D'Eramo" >>>
> Thou shalt not covid thy neighbor's dictionary.
Dan- you have a cold or something??
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| 648.6 | Cornelius T Cobb used to play this game | DDIF::CANTOR | This is not all rock and roll, dude. | Thu Apr 06 1989 01:01 | 8 |
| Re 'covoid'
No, no, no. That's the technical term for either of two persons who
do nothing. Or possibly two people who have to use the barfatorium at
the same time.
Dave C.
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| 648.7 | | EAGLE1::EGGERS | Soaring to new heights | Thu Apr 06 1989 02:21 | 7 |
| Covoid is equivalent to the mathematical expressions
0 + 0 = 0
and null union null = null
and proves that two heads are not always better than one.
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| 648.8 | Indian measurement | BOSHOG::CLIFFORD | | Thu Apr 06 1989 16:25 | 6 |
| According to the Oxford Universal Dictionary, 3rd ed, "covid" is a unit
of linear measurement used in India. It varied from 36 to 14 feet!
Needless to say, it's obsolete.
--andy
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| 648.9 | | PSTJTT::TABER | It offends my freakin' dignity | Thu Apr 06 1989 16:38 | 5 |
| re: .8
It must have been used by real estate sales-types. "Spacious 10x10
covoid lot with Ganges veiw...."
>>>==>PStJTT
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| 648.10 | Satanic definitions??? | BLAS03::FORBES | Bill Forbes - LDP Engrng | Mon Apr 10 1989 03:08 | 9 |
| Re: <<< Note 648.8 by BOSHOG::CLIFFORD >>>
> It varied from 36 to 14 feet!
We were always taught that the covid varied from 14 to 36 feet. Could
this be a feeble attempt at Satanism on the part of some bored
editor down at the OUD?
Bill
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| 648.11 | | NEARLY::GOODENOUGH | | Mon Apr 10 1989 16:03 | 4 |
| Whether it varies from 36 to 14 feet, or from 14 feet to 36 depends
on which way the temperature is going.
Jeff.
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| 648.12 | As long as we're doing other languages... | RABBIT::SEIDMAN | Aaron Seidman | Mon Apr 10 1989 19:04 | 10 |
| RE: 648.8
>According to the Oxford Universal Dictionary, 3rd ed, "covid" is a unit
>of linear measurement used in India. It varied from 36 to 14 feet!
Hebrew has a word, "cov-ved" that means honor (in the sense of being
honored). It is also used to represent a wide range--roughly 1 to 87
attaboys.
Aaron
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| 648.13 | | EAGLE1::EGGERS | Soaring to new heights | Tue Apr 11 1989 02:57 | 3 |
| Re: .12
What is that in kudos?
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| 648.14 | No, no, no | CSCOA3::CONWAY_J | Marietta Cuisenart | Tue Apr 11 1989 20:26 | 6 |
| Now you're really mixed up. "Kudos" are either an african antelope
noted for its lyre shaped horn and having a vicious little brother,
or a nauseating psuedofood breakfast bar made of cold gravel and
moose shit all covered with a nice petroleumjelly based faux chocolate.
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