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Originally posted by Rich Payne
My "Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang" says "fool, idiot, buffoon" in the context that I had in mind.
It also mentions one of my favourite pastimes - "To prat about" - to behave stupidly or irresponsibly, to do things in a disorganized, messy way.
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I must say once again, that as oddly as these threads sometimes run, I never fail to learn something from them.
Funny how some things come full circle. While not a word used very often here in North America, I believe I used "buffoon" once on this very forum to describe a mysterious Mr dribble.
06-03-07, 23:19
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