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What's In A Word?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Nomar, Nov 12, 2003.

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Is "borish" a word?

  1. Yes

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  2. No

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  1. Nomar

    Nomar Member

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    Resident professor ChucklesG thinks that "borish" is a word. You might remember him from such hits as "Darko Milicic is better than Yao Ming".

    He claims that it is in the Webster's dictionary.

    I would like to poll the audience on this one.
     
    #1 Nomar, Nov 12, 2003
  2. qwerty

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    I know boorish is a word.

    example: "Jeremy Shockey is a boorish thug."
     
    #2 qwerty, Nov 12, 2003
  3. GreenVegan76

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    I've never heard of "borish." Did he mean "boorish"?
     
    #3 GreenVegan76, Nov 12, 2003
  4. Oski2005

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    Did you misspell it or did ChucklesG misspell it?
     
    #4 Oski2005, Nov 12, 2003
  5. Nomar

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    No, he meant "borish".
     
    #5 Nomar, Nov 12, 2003
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    borish

    I think this just about answers the question.
     
    #6 meggoleggo, Nov 12, 2003
  7. Bailey

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    Problem is, it doesn't. It harder to prove it isn't a word than to prove it is.
     
    #7 Bailey, Nov 12, 2003
  8. Oski2005

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    How did he use it? Just because it's misspelled doesn't mean it isn't a word.
     
    #8 Oski2005, Nov 12, 2003
  9. giddyup

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    Try it in a competitive Scrabble game. That will tell you all you need to know.
     
    #9 giddyup, Nov 12, 2003
  10. JuanValdez

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    I looked through 5 pages of a Google search on "Borish." It was used exclusively as a name.
     
    #10 JuanValdez, Nov 12, 2003
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