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dianeduane ([personal profile] dianeduane) wrote2007-03-13 01:50 pm
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[identity profile] rymenhild.livejournal.com 2007-03-13 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Am I missing something? I can't figure out what 'damp-squid' is a typo for.

[identity profile] jaxomsride.livejournal.com 2007-03-13 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Damp squib.
Mind you I'm still chuckling over "John McCain being caught between two stools"

[identity profile] dduane.livejournal.com 2007-03-13 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Squib." A small firecracker. In this case, one that got wet and failed to go off properly. In UK parlance, "[it was] something of a damp squib" is a phrase used to describe something that had less than the desired effect, or was otherwise disappointing.
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[personal profile] curmudgn 2007-03-13 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Methinks the proofreader was perhaps pre-octopied . . .

[identity profile] sarekofvulcan.livejournal.com 2007-03-15 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, drat -- couldn't you have come up with this one _before_ I [livejournal.com profile] metaquotesed it (http://community.livejournal.com/metaquotes/5923556.html)?
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