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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 11:02 AM
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Pecksniffery
Now there's a word you can enjoy using. I should've read HL Mencken a long time ago :)

http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/pecksniffery
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 11:07 AM
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1. wow
It doesn't mean what I thought it would. Until I read the definition, I thought it was something my dog likes to do...:D
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 11:14 AM
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2. great descriptive word for Repubs
Edited on Thu Jul-26-07 11:15 AM by AllegroRondo
syn: deceit, dishonesty, insincerity

so whats the proper use of that word as an adjective?
would you call someone a "pecksniffer?"
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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 11:17 AM
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3. "Mr Bush's pecksniffery is dispicable. "
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