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paulg_68  4 stars
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Moe_Nox  4 stars
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And 'manufactory' is condensed dude speak for: "Man u fac'd Tory?"

 

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ZigmundZag  4 stars
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Groucho48  3 stars
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Bus is short for omnibus.

 

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ZigmundZag  4 stars
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...and SFTU is short for...well, you know the rest.

 

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Manegarm  4 stars
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Manifactorum is a bettar word!

 

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Ptilk  4 stars
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A factotum is a person employed to do various tasks... and one of my favorite scrabble words.
Manegarm  4 stars
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Ptilk posted:

A factotum is a person employed to do various tasks... and one of my favorite scrabble words.



also the name of a Charles Buskowski book, which is really good in which he is a factotum.

 

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Ptilk  4 stars
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Yeah. That's how I learned the word. I was a big Bukowski fan back in the 80's.
imaloon1  3 stars
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I read both your statements as Bukkake....

 

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