warspite1
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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy quote:
ORIGINAL: warspite1 Now that splendid warspite chappy on he other hand, he is a wordsmith, a poet, a witty raconteur, a bon viveur par excellence, an Englishman whose every word (spoken or written) is a wonderous gem to behold". But it came out wrong Aye. He *was* going to write that. He shortened this noble thought by calling you a "dingbat" instead. Is that synonymous? warspite1 synonymous? No a dingbat is: an ornament or spacer used in typesetting, sometimes more formally known as a "printer's ornament" Dingbat or dingbats might also refer to: Dingbat, slang term, used to describe someone silly, notably applied to the TV character Edith Bunker by her husband "Dingbats", a board game requiring players to solve rebuses and known in America as Whatzit? dingbat, another word for rebus derived from the game Dingbat (building), slang term, used to describe cheap urban apartment buildings from the 1950s and 1960s Dingbat, in South Africa, a paddle ball Dingbat, a character created by Paul Terry "The Dingbat Family", a comic by George Herriman Dingbat, a cartoon character who co-starred in Heathcliff and Dingbat Dingbat, slang term, used as an alternate name for the Dignity Battalions
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