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You've mentioned this before. This is really, really bothering you.

Posted by Mr. Poe | March 6, 2008 11:25 AM
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And yes, I just wanted to link. It makes me feel specialz.

Posted by Mr. Poe | March 6, 2008 11:26 AM
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Posted by NG | March 6, 2008 11:29 AM
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Why not send her a nice package of limnburger (sic) cheese? Preferably by book rate, so it'll smell even nicer by the time it reaches NYC...

Posted by Cookie W. Monster | March 6, 2008 11:32 AM
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This is critical. Provide counts for other annoying, annoying words. Report back in two years.

Posted by umvue | March 6, 2008 11:36 AM
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I tried linking to all of the fuz on this word, but it wouldn't let me (probably) because I'm gay. Just type in "limn" in the search box on top of the Slog to see the historical obsession.

Posted by Mr. Poe | March 6, 2008 11:38 AM
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Didn't Shirley Maclaine write a book about this affliction?

Posted by RHETT ORACLE | March 6, 2008 11:38 AM
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At least the NYT realized how much smarter they are than their readers and added an online dictionary that tells you what all their clever words mean with a quick double click. My simple middle American vocabulary as grown so much now I feel almost like I could converse with a real New Yorker. If I ever met one. And they were willing to talk to me.

Sigh. Some day.

Posted by elenchos | March 6, 2008 11:42 AM
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While you're at it, why don't you keep track of annoying uses of the word "meme" as well?

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | March 6, 2008 11:42 AM
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well meme has a unique meaning, limn is just painting.

Posted by vooodooo84 | March 6, 2008 11:45 AM
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What's “limn”? Is that the stuff they put in Sprite?

Posted by Skip | March 6, 2008 11:55 AM
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Holy pretentious! I admit it, I had to look it up! (BTW, if you're on a Mac, you can highlight a word and hit cntrl + apple + D and the definition of the word will pop up. It works in Safari and quite a few other apps)

Posted by gillsans | March 6, 2008 12:02 PM
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If you google it, you'll get a definition that is tied to many different resources to give you a fuller picture, not just a small pop-up definition. This takes, mmm, five keystrokes.

Limn isn't a bad word; it just needs to be used sparingly, and in it's fuller sense of "illuminate", not just as a synonym for "describe".

Posted by Fnarf | March 6, 2008 12:05 PM
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I assumed it meant something dirty. You know, like a limnjob. New York people are so sophisticated!

Posted by flamingbanjo | March 6, 2008 12:44 PM
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@12: amazing! when i used firefox i had an add-on that would do that, and ever since i switched to safari i've been missing such a function.

Posted by eustaceia | March 6, 2008 1:09 PM
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If I don't know it, it doesn't need to be used.

Posted by NapoleonXIV | March 6, 2008 1:53 PM
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I don't know from limn, but the limb I want is...an enormous penis!!!

Posted by Christopher Frizzelle's Enormous Penis | March 7, 2008 7:09 AM

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