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« Reply #105 on: November 28, 2006, 04:52:46 PM »
incidentally wikipedia's definition of "wannabe" is inaccurate and doesn't correlate with any major dictionary.

I hate being a pedant but it does pay to realise that admirable though wikipedia is, it is not the oracle of knowledge.

Just as an example as i don't have the OED to hand.

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A wannabe (sometimes spelled wannabee) is a person who likes to imitate, or even wishes to be, another, but cannot achieve it due to physical, psychological, financial, cultural, political, religious, or mental limitations. The term, a contraction of "want to be," entered the popular consciousness in the mid-1980s.

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wan‧na‧be  /ˈwɒnəˌbi, ˈwɔnə‑/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[won-uh-bee, waw-nuh‑] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -bes. Informal.

one who aspires, often vainly, to emulate another's success or attain eminence in some area.

[Origin: 1980–85; der. of (I) wanna be…]


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noun [C] INFORMAL
a person who is trying to achieve success or fame, usually unsuccessfully:

So if you follow wikipedia, a wannabe liberal can't be a liberal.

Follow every other dictionary definition and a wannabe liberal usually won't end up being a liberal but can be.

No point spending 3 years at uni doing an english degree if i can't be an annoying a***hole from time to time. Smiley
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« Reply #106 on: November 28, 2006, 04:54:46 PM »
Quote from: JungleCat03 on November 28, 2006, 04:52:46 PM
No point spending 3 years at uni doing an english degree if i can't be an annoying a***hole from time to time. Smiley

Define from time to time? Wink
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« Reply #107 on: November 28, 2006, 04:59:47 PM »
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Quote from: JungleCat03 on November 28, 2006, 04:52:46 PM
No point spending 3 years at uni doing an english degree if i can't be an annoying a***hole from time to time. Smiley

Define from time to time? Wink

45.   from time to time, on occasion; occasionally; at intervals: eg FK me junglecat can be an annoying a***hole  from time to time.

Dunno what the odds were of finding a dictionary using that exact example but i did it!
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« Reply #108 on: November 28, 2006, 05:30:11 PM »
I think it will be useful to edit the wikipedia definition then
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« Reply #109 on: November 28, 2006, 05:47:55 PM »
Quote from: tantrum on November 28, 2006, 05:30:11 PM
I think it will be useful to edit the wikipedia definition then




It would only be re-editted by those that know more............
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« Reply #110 on: November 28, 2006, 06:05:21 PM »
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It would only be re-editted by those that know more............

I hoped you would take upon yourself this task...
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« Reply #111 on: November 28, 2006, 06:08:03 PM »
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Quote from: ariston on November 27, 2006, 04:14:00 PM
I have seen far worse in my time and don't understand how everybody can get so worked up over these things. Watch Eddie Murphy live or Richard Prior to see the same racism aimed at white people. Listen to Lauren Hills records and interviews to find that racism works both ways.

That's not comedy, or even a heckler put-down though. The guy loses the plot totally and unleashes a shocking tirade of racist abuse.

I've seen Eddie Murphy and Richard Prior and they are non-PC, but it's humour and they aren't just abusing a member of the audience.

2 Totally different things IMHO.


Richards basically has a meltdown on stage, this isn't some Lenny Bruce style act, he loses the plot completely.
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« Reply #112 on: November 28, 2006, 06:10:01 PM »
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It would only be re-editted by those that know more............

I hoped you would take upon yourself this task...

I KNOW my limitations  Wink
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« Reply #113 on: November 28, 2006, 06:11:49 PM »
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I KNOW my limitations  Wink

You could at least try it Wink
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« Reply #114 on: November 28, 2006, 06:12:35 PM »
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It would only be re-editted by those that know more............

I hoped you would take upon yourself this task...

I KNOW my limitations  Wink

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« Reply #115 on: November 28, 2006, 06:15:39 PM »
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It would only be re-editted by those that know more............

I hoped you would take upon yourself this task...

I KNOW my limitations  Wink

Must....resist....urge...to....take...the....piss Cheesy

Hush fool i'm having a subtlety battle here.
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« Reply #116 on: November 28, 2006, 06:29:22 PM »
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Must....resist....urge...to....take...the....piss Cheesy

On a way back could you fetch me some ......
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« Reply #117 on: November 29, 2006, 06:12:35 PM »
Quote from: BigTomatoes on November 28, 2006, 04:19:06 PM

 wow , my first post in months and ive sparked a debate lasting 7 pages , this is a record for me and im chuffed.

 but i think enough has been said now and we should put this thread to bed.

 thank you

LOL, are you serious?
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« Reply #118 on: November 30, 2006, 12:20:04 AM »
Someone mentioned religion.

Let him without sin...
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« Reply #119 on: November 30, 2006, 05:27:51 PM »
Quote from: bolt pp on November 29, 2006, 06:12:35 PM
Quote from: BigTomatoes on November 28, 2006, 04:19:06 PM

 wow , my first post in months and ive sparked a debate lasting 7 pages , this is a record for me and im chuffed.

 but i think enough has been said now and we should put this thread to bed.

 thank you

LOL, are you serious?

 well at some point , most threads cross a line from topical discussion to babbling nonsense

 and , unfortunately , i think this thread cant even see that line any more for all the nonsensities.
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