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 Jabbawaya
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 "Loose" vs "Lose" 
#4491402 - 08/03/05 09:04 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I have called upon dictionary.com to clear up an oft-repeated grammatical atrocity.
loose - adj -
1. Not fastened, restrained, or contained: loose bricks.
2. Not taut, fixed, or rigid: a loose anchor line; a loose chair leg.
3. Free from confinement or imprisonment; unfettered: criminals loose in the neighborhood; dogs that are loose on the streets.
4. Not tight-fitting or tightly fitted: loose shoes.
5. Not bound, bundled, stapled, or gathered together: loose papers.
6. Not compact or dense in arrangement or structure: loose gravel.
7. Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; idle: loose talk.
8. Not formal; relaxed: a loose atmosphere at the club.
9. Lacking conventional moral restraint in sexual behavior.
10. Not literal or exact: a loose translation.
11. Characterized by a free movement of fluids in the body: a loose cough; loose bowels.
lose - v. tr. -
1. To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay: He's always losing his car keys.
2.
1. To be deprived of (something one has had): lost her art collection in the fire; lost her job.
2. To be left alone or desolate because of the death of: lost his wife.
3. To be unable to keep alive: a doctor who has lost very few patients.
3. To be unable to keep control or allegiance of: lost his temper at the meeting; is losing supporters by changing his mind.
4. To fail to win; fail in: lost the game; lost the court case.
5. To fail to use or take advantage of: Don't lose a chance to improve your position.
6. To fail to hear, see, or understand: We lost the plane in the fog. I lost her when she started speaking about thermodynamics.
7.
1. To let (oneself) become unable to find the way.
2. To remove (oneself), as from everyday reality into a fantasy world.
8. To rid oneself of: lost five pounds.
9. To consume aimlessly; waste: lost a week in idle occupations.
10. To wander from or become ignorant of: lose one's way.
11.
1. To elude or outdistance: lost their pursuers.
2. To be outdistanced by: chased the thieves but lost them.
12. To become slow by (a specified amount of time). Used of a timepiece.
13. To cause or result in the loss of: Failure to reply to the advertisement lost her the job.
14. To cause to be destroyed. Usually used in the passive: Both planes were lost in the crash.
15. To cause to be damned.
v. intr.
1. To suffer loss.
2. To be defeated.
3. To operate or run slow. Used of a timepiece.
Together, we can fight these grammatical errors! Onward ho!
Questions/comments?
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 Thin White Duke
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Re: "Loose" vs "Lose" [Re: Jabbawaya]
#4491409 - 08/03/05 09:06 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Why?
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MagicalMystery
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Re: "Loose" vs "Lose" [Re: Jabbawaya]
#4491419 - 08/03/05 09:09 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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People confusing that, at least on the Internet, are probably just finger-farting. Anyone that stupid to write the rong werd shood be sh0t. L0L
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"Men trained in arms from their infancy, and animated by the love of liberty, will afford neither a cheap or easy conquest."
From the Declaration of the Continental Congress
"We can have peace and security only as long as we band together to preserve that most priceless possession, our inheritance of European blood."
Charles A. Lindbergh,"Aviation, Geography, and Race", Reader's Digest, Nov. 1939
"We must secure the existance of our people and a future for White children."
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freddurgan
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Because it's not that hard? Now anyone who clicks here won't say "Dude did you loose?"
Or "Don't loose that"
But this one isn't really that common, I don't think? At least it's out there.
Or, "shit, these pants are lose"
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Re: "Loose" vs "Lose" [Re: freddurgan]
#4491433 - 08/03/05 09:12 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Dude, don't lose your cool over it!
/pun
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"Men trained in arms from their infancy, and animated by the love of liberty, will afford neither a cheap or easy conquest."
From the Declaration of the Continental Congress
"We can have peace and security only as long as we band together to preserve that most priceless possession, our inheritance of European blood."
Charles A. Lindbergh,"Aviation, Geography, and Race", Reader's Digest, Nov. 1939
"We must secure the existance of our people and a future for White children."
David Lane
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freddurgan
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Rofl
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kronnyQ
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Re: "Loose" vs "Lose" [Re: freddurgan]
#4491450 - 08/03/05 09:15 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hhahaa it's funny when i play games online and I kill some noob and their like "OMG YOUR A LOOSER" 
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Re: "Loose" vs "Lose" [Re: Jabbawaya]
#4491809 - 08/03/05 10:33 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Now everyone needs to learn the proper time to say "too" instead of "to".
That one gets to me.
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Re: "Loose" vs "Lose" [Re: Trainwreck]
#4491844 - 08/03/05 10:42 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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me too.
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Re: "Loose" vs "Lose" [Re: Jabbawaya]
#4491847 - 08/03/05 10:43 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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kosmic_charlie
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Quote:
TubOlucinogens said:
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Goin' where the water tastes like wine.
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Re: "Loose" vs "Lose" [Re: MeatSpace]
#4491874 - 08/03/05 10:46 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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You should have said "me to."
That would have been funny 
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Quote:
kosmic_charlie said:
Quote:
TubOlucinogens said:
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Re: "Loose" vs "Lose" [Re: Trainwreck]
#4491879 - 08/03/05 10:47 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I'm not that witty
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Re: "Loose" vs "Lose" [Re: MeatSpace]
#4491888 - 08/03/05 10:48 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Obviously.
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TubOlucinogens
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Re: "Loose" vs "Lose" [Re: MeatSpace]
#4491898 - 08/03/05 10:50 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hah, yes. In this thread, I'M the one doing the whining. 
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kosmic_charlie
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and me too
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Re: "Loose" vs "Lose" [Re: Jabbawaya]
#4492245 - 08/03/05 11:37 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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You all need to stop loosing your minds over this stuff, seriously. Your assholes are puckered too tight, losen up a bit.
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"Men trained in arms from their infancy, and animated by the love of liberty, will afford neither a cheap or easy conquest."
From the Declaration of the Continental Congress
"We can have peace and security only as long as we band together to preserve that most priceless possession, our inheritance of European blood."
Charles A. Lindbergh,"Aviation, Geography, and Race", Reader's Digest, Nov. 1939
"We must secure the existance of our people and a future for White children."
David Lane
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