[MD] Is civility dead?

[John Carl]

I thought 'coy" was a kind of fish?


John the disingenuous

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 2:18 PM, david buchanan <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com>wrote:

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> David Thomas said to Platt:
> Coyness is not a particularly endearing quality even in individuals with
> large breasts. Even if you do happen to qualify, I don't think you qualify.
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> Platt replied:
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> Coy? Definition from Free Online Dictionary: "1. Tending to avoid people
> and social situations; reserved. 2. Affectedly and usually flirtatiously shy
> or modest" Never been described that way before. In fact, just the opposite.
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> dmb says:
> I mostly agree with Platt. "Coy" can be used to mean that you're pretending
> to be shy or modest but it is not quite the right word. I think the term
> Dave was looking for there is "disingenuous". My computer's dictionary says,
> "disingenuous |ˌdisinˈjenyoōəs|adjective. not candid or sincere, typically
> by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does."
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> Also, I think you ought to use "boobs" instead of "breasts". I can't give
> you any technical reasons for using "boobs", you just have to feel them.
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> C'mon, that's hilarious! And you didn't even realize it was a joke, ya
> large boobs!
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