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Jay Lake
Date: 2007-03-20 16:02
Subject: Neglected word of the day
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Tags:funny, language, words

accoutrement

(Said by me in chat with [info]sdn.)

Leave a sentence with the word accoutrement in comments. If they're funny, we might have another contest.

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Hugh Casey: Weird & Proud
User: [info]hughcasey
Date: 2007-03-20 23:14 (UTC)
Subject: (no subject)
Keyword:Weird & Proud

"After one of the Coutre brothers lost his tongue in an accident, it took a while for anyone to understand what accoutrement."

...

I need to get some sleep now...

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Kristine Smith
User: [info]kristine_smith
Date: 2007-03-20 23:16 (UTC)
Subject: (no subject)

All I can do is swipe a line from Daffy Duck-as-a-Musketeer:

"Pardon me whilst I adjust my accoutrements."

Yeah--it's funnier when he says it.

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dsmoen
User: [info]dsmoen
Date: 2007-03-20 23:38 (UTC)
Subject: (no subject)

I can't believe the short I'm editing doesn't contain the word acoutrement. I must correct this oversight.

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juliabk
User: [info]juliabk
Date: 2007-03-20 23:49 (UTC)
Subject: (no subject)

My personal accoutrements make it difficult to find button down shirts that fit properly.

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User: (Anonymous)
Date: 2007-03-21 00:54 (UTC)
Subject: (no subject)

While I was looking through the book of the tattoo artists' work, there was a section with odd piercings, including several clitoral piercings which prompted me to think to myself, "Nice accoutrements!"

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User: [info]joycemocha
Date: 2007-03-21 01:37 (UTC)
Subject: (no subject)

"Honey, the strap-on is not necessarily an appropriate accoutrement for this party."

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Coffee Shop Whore: Inkwell
User: [info]skidspoppe
Date: 2007-03-21 01:44 (UTC)
Subject: (no subject)
Keyword:Inkwell

I'd rather have accoutrement than an ugly one!

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Bob
User: [info]yourbob
Date: 2007-03-21 01:53 (UTC)
Subject: (no subject)

Contratemps his shaking accoutrement, Pierre faced the guillotine with stoicism.

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BhagwanX: italycat
User: [info]bhagwanx
Date: 2007-03-21 02:46 (UTC)
Subject: (no subject)
Keyword:italycat

Suddenly, Jean-Claude's plans were all undone. The same as his pants, after he was stripped of his suspenders, buckles and belts. Truly, he faced his future sans accoutrements</a>.

And Pants.

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willyumtx: Neutral Keroppi
User: [info]willyumtx
Date: 2007-03-21 05:10 (UTC)
Subject: (no subject)
Keyword:Neutral Keroppi

How odd.

The word sounds like "a, coo, trey, mon" to me. But it turns out the word is said as "a cooter mint."

And it can be spelled accoutrement or accouterment. I am boggled.

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lonfiction
User: [info]lonfiction
Date: 2007-03-21 11:22 (UTC)
Subject: (no subject)

Bo and Luke never did find out what all accoutrement about putting curb feelers on the General Lee.

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hkneale: chuQun
User: [info]hkneale
Date: 2007-03-21 12:36 (UTC)
Subject: (no subject)
Keyword:chuQun

When we crossed the Nullarbor we saw lots of stunted bushes. It wasn't until we reached Adelaide that I finally could appreciate what accoutrement.

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Snuffy LaRue
User: [info]jess_ka
Date: 2007-03-21 13:20 (UTC)
Subject: (no subject)

Hey, I use that word completely naturally with some regularity.

Huh. Maybe that makes me pretentious.

Nah.

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juliabk
User: [info]juliabk
Date: 2007-03-21 16:48 (UTC)
Subject: (no subject)

Yeah, I was wondering about that myself. I've been using it with some regularity for years.

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Snuffy LaRue: cookieofdoom
User: [info]jess_ka
Date: 2007-03-21 17:04 (UTC)
Subject: (no subject)
Keyword:cookieofdoom

Yeah, Jay, are saying we're pretentious?

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Jay Lake
User: [info]jaylake
Date: 2007-03-21 17:08 (UTC)
Subject: (no subject)

Gee, did I say that? This is how rumors get started.., ;P

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