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Pete
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 7:42 am
Post subject: fiend's Lair |
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From NY Post, http://www.nypost.com/seven/11072005/index.shtml
Fiend's Lair
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The word 'fiend' has several meanings. M-w.com has
1 a : DEVIL 1 b : DEMON c : a person of great wickedness or
maliciousness
2 : a person extremely devoted to a pursuit or study : FANATIC *a golf
fiend*
3 : ADDICT 1 *a dope fiend*
4 : WIZARD 3 *a fiend at mathematics*
What does 'fiend' mean here? An addict? or a devil? How do you
pick?
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nancy13g
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 7:56 am
Post subject: Re: fiend's Lair |
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Pete wrote:
| Quote: | From NY Post, http://www.nypost.com/seven/11072005/index.shtml
Fiend's Lair
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The word 'fiend' has several meanings. M-w.com has
1 a : DEVIL 1 b : DEMON
c : a person of great wickedness or maliciousness
2 : a person extremely devoted to a pursuit or study :
FANATIC *a golf fiend*
3 : ADDICT 1 *a dope fiend*
4 : WIZARD 3 *a fiend at mathematics*
What does 'fiend' mean here? An addict? or a devil?
How do you pick?
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The headline in the Post appears to refer to a person who pretended to
be a firefighter when he really wasn't, and made sexual attacks on
someone in a crime described by the Post as "sick". Given that context,
only definition (1) fits the word, specifically (1c).
I wouldn't choose the "addict" definition, since nowhere in the article
does it mention that the person was addicted to any type of drugs. |
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Blue Hornet
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:06 am
Post subject: Re: fiend's Lair |
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nancy13g wrote:
| Quote: | Pete wrote:
From NY Post, http://www.nypost.com/seven/11072005/index.shtml
Fiend's Lair
==
The word 'fiend' has several meanings. M-w.com has
1 a : DEVIL 1 b : DEMON
c : a person of great wickedness or maliciousness
2 : a person extremely devoted to a pursuit or study :
FANATIC *a golf fiend*
3 : ADDICT 1 *a dope fiend*
4 : WIZARD 3 *a fiend at mathematics*
What does 'fiend' mean here? An addict? or a devil?
How do you pick?
The headline in the Post appears to refer to a person who pretended to
be a firefighter when he really wasn't, and made sexual attacks on
someone in a crime described by the Post as "sick". Given that context,
only definition (1) fits the word, specifically (1c).
I wouldn't choose the "addict" definition, since nowhere in the article
does it mention that the person was addicted to any type of drugs.
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Except that "dope fiend" was only one example of an addiction that
would classify someone as a "... fiend". I'm a spades fiend, the
person in question could have been a "sex fiend" ... or whatever.
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Blue Hornet
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:06 am
Post subject: Re: fiend's Lair |
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Blue Hornet wrote:
| Quote: | nancy13g wrote:
Pete wrote:
From NY Post, http://www.nypost.com/seven/11072005/index.shtml
Fiend's Lair
==
The word 'fiend' has several meanings. M-w.com has
1 a : DEVIL 1 b : DEMON
c : a person of great wickedness or maliciousness
2 : a person extremely devoted to a pursuit or study :
FANATIC *a golf fiend*
3 : ADDICT 1 *a dope fiend*
4 : WIZARD 3 *a fiend at mathematics*
What does 'fiend' mean here? An addict? or a devil?
How do you pick?
The headline in the Post appears to refer to a person who pretended to
be a firefighter when he really wasn't, and made sexual attacks on
someone in a crime described by the Post as "sick". Given that context,
only definition (1) fits the word, specifically (1c).
I wouldn't choose the "addict" definition, since nowhere in the article
does it mention that the person was addicted to any type of drugs.
Except that "dope fiend" was only one example of an addiction that
would classify someone as a "... fiend". I'm a spades fiend, the
person in question could have been a "sex fiend" ... or whatever.
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In the interests of full disclosure, I will also state that I am a sex
fiend, too. |
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Blue Hornet
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:06 am
Post subject: Re: fiend's Lair |
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Blue Hornet wrote:
| Quote: | Blue Hornet wrote:
nancy13g wrote:
Pete wrote:
From NY Post, http://www.nypost.com/seven/11072005/index.shtml
Fiend's Lair
==
The word 'fiend' has several meanings. M-w.com has
1 a : DEVIL 1 b : DEMON
c : a person of great wickedness or maliciousness
2 : a person extremely devoted to a pursuit or study :
FANATIC *a golf fiend*
3 : ADDICT 1 *a dope fiend*
4 : WIZARD 3 *a fiend at mathematics*
What does 'fiend' mean here? An addict? or a devil?
How do you pick?
The headline in the Post appears to refer to a person who pretended to
be a firefighter when he really wasn't, and made sexual attacks on
someone in a crime described by the Post as "sick". Given that context,
only definition (1) fits the word, specifically (1c).
I wouldn't choose the "addict" definition, since nowhere in the article
does it mention that the person was addicted to any type of drugs.
Except that "dope fiend" was only one example of an addiction that
would classify someone as a "... fiend". I'm a spades fiend, the
person in question could have been a "sex fiend" ... or whatever.
In the interests of full disclosure, I will also state that I am a sex
fiend, too.
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And in the interests of clarification I will say "not THAT way". |
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Pete
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:06 am
Post subject: Re: fiend's Lair |
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:42:50 GMT, Pete <Pete@how.com> wrote:
| Quote: | From NY Post, http://www.nypost.com/seven/11072005/index.shtml
Fiend's Lair
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The word 'fiend' has several meanings. M-w.com has
1 a : DEVIL 1 b : DEMON c : a person of great wickedness or
maliciousness
2 : a person extremely devoted to a pursuit or study : FANATIC *a golf
fiend*
3 : ADDICT 1 *a dope fiend*
4 : WIZARD 3 *a fiend at mathematics*
What does 'fiend' mean here? An addict? or a devil? How do you
pick?
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And is 'lair' a good word or a bad word? Is it a place like a pigpen
or a place we might call a nest. |
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Nate Branscom
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:06 am
Post subject: Re: fiend's Lair |
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Blue Hornet wrote:
| Quote: | nancy13g wrote:
Pete wrote:
From NY Post, http://www.nypost.com/seven/11072005/index.shtml
Fiend's Lair
==
The word 'fiend' has several meanings. M-w.com has
1 a : DEVIL 1 b : DEMON
c : a person of great wickedness or maliciousness
2 : a person extremely devoted to a pursuit or study :
FANATIC *a golf fiend*
3 : ADDICT 1 *a dope fiend*
4 : WIZARD 3 *a fiend at mathematics*
What does 'fiend' mean here? An addict? or a devil?
How do you pick?
The headline in the Post appears to refer to a person who pretended to
be a firefighter when he really wasn't, and made sexual attacks on
someone in a crime described by the Post as "sick". Given that context,
only definition (1) fits the word, specifically (1c).
I wouldn't choose the "addict" definition, since nowhere in the article
does it mention that the person was addicted to any type of drugs.
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| Quote: | Except that "dope fiend" was only one example of an addiction that
would classify someone as a "... fiend". I'm a spades fiend, the
person in question could have been a "sex fiend" ... or whatever.
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In the accused's case, he's more of a "rape fiend".
-- Nate (the sleep fiend) |
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