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Noam Avnery
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 2:04 pm
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Hi.
Is "Sweetest tabu" a common phrase?
In what context can it be used?
TIA |
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Robert Lieblich
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:03 am
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Noam Avnery wrote:
| Quote: | Hi.
Is "Sweetest tabu" a common phrase?
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No more than any other combination of adjective and noun. It has no
specific idiomatic meaning beyond what the two words connote.
| Quote: | In what context can it be used?
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Any in which it accurately describes what is being written or spoken
about. It verges on oxymoron-hood, so there probably aren't many
such contexts. In what context did you find (or plan to use) it?
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Bob Lieblich
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Jess Askin
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:33 am
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"Robert Lieblich" <Robert.Lieblich@Verizon.net> wrote in message
news:419B8451.DC2FDC74@Verizon.net...
| Quote: | Noam Avnery wrote:
Hi.
Is "Sweetest tabu" a common phrase?
No more than any other combination of adjective and noun. It has no
specific idiomatic meaning beyond what the two words connote.
In what context can it be used?
Any in which it accurately describes what is being written or spoken
about. It verges on oxymoron-hood, so there probably aren't many
such contexts. In what context did you find (or plan to use) it?
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More or less a synonym for "forbidden fruit," I'd say. |
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Bill Bonde ( ``And the La
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:33 am
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Robert Lieblich wrote:
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Noam Avnery wrote:
Hi.
Is "Sweetest tabu" a common phrase?
No more than any other combination of adjective and noun. It has no
specific idiomatic meaning beyond what the two words connote.
In what context can it be used?
Any in which it accurately describes what is being written or spoken
about. It verges on oxymoron-hood, so there probably aren't many
such contexts. In what context did you find (or plan to use) it?
It's in a song lyric by Sade. See if you can figure out what she's |
talking about, probably something they'd arrest you for in Texas:
http://all-lyrics.boom.ru/S/Sade_-_The_Sweetest_Taboo.html
#begin quote
Sade Lyrics / Sade - The Sweetest Taboo
Album: Promise (1985)
If I tell you
If I tell you now
Will you keep on
Will you keep on loving me
If I tell you
If I tell you how I feel
Will you keep bringing out the best in me
You give me, you give me the sweetest taboo
You give me, you're giving me the sweetest taboo
Too good for me
There's a quiet storm
and it never felt like this before
There's a quiet storm
that is you
There's a quiet storm
and it never felt this hot before
Giving me something that's taboo
(Sometimes I think you're just too good for me)
You give me the sweetest taboo
That's why I'm in love with you (with you)
You give me the sweetest taboo
too good for me
(Sometimes I think you're just too good for me)
I'd do anything for you, I'd stand out in the rain
Anything you want me to do, don't let it slip away
There's a quiet storm
and it never felt like this before
There's a quiet storm
I think it's you
There's a quiet storm
and i never felt this hot before
Giving me something that's taboo
You give me the (you give me, you give me the) sweetest taboo
That's why i'm in love with you (with you)
You give me, keep giving me the sweetest taboo
Too good for me
You've got the biggest heart
Sometimes i think you're just too good for me
Every day is christmas, and every night is new year's eve
Will you keep on loving me
Will you keep on, will you keep on
Bringing out the best in me
#end quote
--
I heard Clinton buried a time capsule at his new presidental library
sized like an overseas shipping container filled with stuff he didn't
want anyone to find till long after his death, the real deed to
Whitewater, the envelope for the Tyson Foods chicken payoffs, the real
gun he used to whack Foster, the keys to the Exocet missile he took Ron
Brown out with, copies of another few thousand illegally acquired FBI
files on his enemies, tickets to Tahiti from the White House Travel
Office, a few more soiled dresses, a couple of cases of well chewed
Cuban cigars, and the unabridged version of his autobiography. That last
one was touch and go just getting the bugger in. |
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raymond o'hara
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:34 am
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I heard Clinton buried a time capsule at his new presidental library
sized like an overseas shipping container filled with stuff he didn't
want anyone to find till long after his death, the real deed to
Whitewater, the envelope for the Tyson Foods chicken payoffs, the real
gun he used to whack Foster, the keys to the Exocet missile he took Ron
Brown out with, copies of another few thousand illegally acquired FBI
files on his enemies, tickets to Tahiti from the White House Travel
Office, a few more soiled dresses, a couple of cases of well chewed
Cuban cigars, and the unabridged version of his autobiography. That last
one was touch and go just getting the bugger in.
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Yo buddy, the Exocet is an anti-ship missle not a sam and the U.Sdoes not
use exocets anyway. |
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the Omrud
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:34 am
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raymond o'hara typed thus:
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I heard Clinton buried a time capsule at his new presidental library
sized like an overseas shipping container filled with stuff he didn't
want anyone to find till long after his death, the real deed to
Whitewater, the envelope for the Tyson Foods chicken payoffs, the real
gun he used to whack Foster, the keys to the Exocet missile he took Ron
Brown out with, copies of another few thousand illegally acquired FBI
files on his enemies, tickets to Tahiti from the White House Travel
Office, a few more soiled dresses, a couple of cases of well chewed
Cuban cigars, and the unabridged version of his autobiography. That last
one was touch and go just getting the bugger in.
Yo buddy, the Exocet is an anti-ship missle not a sam and the U.Sdoes not
use exocets anyway.
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Purely in the interests of spreading a little knowledge, I can impart
that being a French weapon, the Exocet has a French name, which is,
er, Exocet. Which means "flying fish". Those of you who have
grappled with the puns in Asterix and the cartoons in Paris Match
will recognise this as one of the funnier French jokes.
--
David
=====
replace the first component of address
with the definite article. |
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raymond o'hara
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:34 am
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"the Omrud" > Purely in the interests of spreading a little knowledge, I can
impart
| Quote: | that being a French weapon, the Exocet has a French name, which is,
er, Exocet. Which means "flying fish". Those of you who have
grappled with the puns in Asterix and the cartoons in Paris Match
will recognise this as one of the funnier French jokes.
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The pun that is Asterix's name is lost on most of my fellow countrymen. too
bad too, it's great stuff. |
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Steve Hayes
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:34 am
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On 17 Nov 2004 02:51:26 -0800, dnoam@il.ibm.com (Noam Avnery) wrote:
| Quote: | Hi.
Is "Sweetest tabu" a common phrase?
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No.
| Quote: | In what context can it be used?
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I've no idea.
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Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk |
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don groves
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:00 am
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In article <PCQmd.350524$wV.140161@attbi_s54>, raymond o'hara at
reoh@comcast.net exposited:
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"the Omrud" > Purely in the interests of spreading a little knowledge, I can
impart
that being a French weapon, the Exocet has a French name, which is,
er, Exocet. Which means "flying fish". Those of you who have
grappled with the puns in Asterix and the cartoons in Paris Match
will recognise this as one of the funnier French jokes.
The pun that is Asterix's name is lost on most of my fellow countrymen. too
bad too, it's great stuff.
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I've been struggling to recall an old limerick, the last line of
which is, "she only has her asterisk." Anybody remember it?
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dg (domain=ccwebster) |
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Bill Bonde ( ``And the La
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:00 pm
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raymond o'hara wrote:
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I heard Clinton buried a time capsule at his new presidental library
sized like an overseas shipping container filled with stuff he didn't
want anyone to find till long after his death, the real deed to
Whitewater, the envelope for the Tyson Foods chicken payoffs, the real
gun he used to whack Foster, the keys to the Exocet missile he took Ron
Brown out with, copies of another few thousand illegally acquired FBI
files on his enemies, tickets to Tahiti from the White House Travel
Office, a few more soiled dresses, a couple of cases of well chewed
Cuban cigars, and the unabridged version of his autobiography. That last
one was touch and go just getting the bugger in.
Yo buddy, the Exocet is an anti-ship missle not a sam and the U.Sdoes not
use exocets anyway.
I expect that you took the rest of the paragraph seriously as well. |
Hello: None of it is serious. The whole thing is a joke culminating in
me making fun of Clinton's verbose style. Of course you probably didn't
notice any of that. |
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Jess Askin
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:01 pm
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"Mark Brader" <msb@vex.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Don Groves:
I've been struggling to recall an old limerick, the last line of
which is, "she only has her asterisk."
I dunno, but this made me think of a comic poem whose last line was
"her little *" (to be pronounced "her little asterisk"). That's not
enough syllables for a limerick's last line, so I'm thinking it's a
different poem. Anyway, I googled for the phrase -- using "asterisk",
necessarily, because "*" in a google phrase search matches any one word.
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No, it's Nathan Hale: My only regret is that I have but one * for my
country. |
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Bill Bonde ( ``And the La
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Mark Brader wrote:
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Don Groves:
I've been struggling to recall an old limerick, the last line of
which is, "she only has her asterisk."
I dunno, but this made me think of a comic poem whose last line was
"her little *" (to be pronounced "her little asterisk"). That's not
enough syllables for a limerick's last line, so I'm thinking it's a
different poem. Anyway, I googled for the phrase -- using "asterisk",
necessarily, because "*" in a google phrase search matches any one word.
Is that true? I don't think so, at least I don't think that used to be |
so.
| Quote: | I didn't find the poem, but I think I just learned a new euphemism.
I kind of liked calling the * a "splat". |
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I heard Clinton buried a time capsule at his new presidential library
sized like an overseas shipping container filled with stuff he didn't
want anyone to find till long after his death, the real deed to
Whitewater, the envelope for the Tyson Foods chicken payoffs, the real
gun he used to whack Foster, the keys to the Exocet missile he took Ron
Brown out with, copies of another few thousand illegally acquired FBI
files on his enemies, tickets to Tahiti from the White House Travel
Office, a few more soiled dresses, a couple of cases of well chewed
Cuban cigars, and the unabridged version of his autobiography. That last
one was touch and go just getting the bugger in. |
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don groves
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:01 pm
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In article <cnheu3$ads$1@news.netins.net>, Jess Askin at
nospam@dontbother.net exposited:
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"Mark Brader" <msb@vex.net> wrote in message
news:10podiknci3jc7c@corp.supernews.com...
Don Groves:
I've been struggling to recall an old limerick, the last line of
which is, "she only has her asterisk."
I dunno, but this made me think of a comic poem whose last line was
"her little *" (to be pronounced "her little asterisk"). That's not
enough syllables for a limerick's last line, so I'm thinking it's a
different poem. Anyway, I googled for the phrase -- using "asterisk",
necessarily, because "*" in a google phrase search matches any one word.
No, it's Nathan Hale: My only regret is that I have but one * for my
country.
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Yeah, like that.
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dg (domain=ccwebster) |
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Ben Zimmer
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:01 pm
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Mark Brader wrote:
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Don Groves:
I've been struggling to recall an old limerick, the last line of
which is, "she only has her asterisk."
I dunno, but this made me think of a comic poem whose last line was
"her little *" (to be pronounced "her little asterisk"). That's not
enough syllables for a limerick's last line, so I'm thinking it's a
different poem. Anyway, I googled for the phrase -- using "asterisk",
necessarily, because "*" in a google phrase search matches any one word.
I didn't find the poem, but I think I just learned a new euphemism.
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Some variations were covered earlier this year in a thread initiated by,
uh, Mark Brader: <http://groups.google.com/groups?th=968d7992b1e3da0a>.
Pretty Mary bought some skates
Upon the ice to frisk
Wasn't she a silly girl
Her little * ?
Mary had an aeroplane
Around the world she'd whisk.
Wasn't she a silly girl
Her little * ?
Little Mary took her skis
Upon the snow to frisk.
Wasn't she a silly girl
Her little * ?
And Skitt provided a limerick of his own creation:
There once was a soldier named Fisk
Who said, when the fighting got brisk,
"I'm sorry to say
that I can not stay --
I've got only one *" |
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Mark Brader
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:01 pm
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Don Groves:
| Quote: | I've been struggling to recall an old limerick, the last line of
which is, "she only has her asterisk."
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I dunno, but this made me think of a comic poem whose last line was
"her little *" (to be pronounced "her little asterisk"). That's not
enough syllables for a limerick's last line, so I'm thinking it's a
different poem. Anyway, I googled for the phrase -- using "asterisk",
necessarily, because "*" in a google phrase search matches any one word.
I didn't find the poem, but I think I just learned a new euphemism.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "This is, I am told, progress.
msb@vex.net But I beg leave to doubt it." --Frimbo
My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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