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Alternatives to "dire"
Here are a few other options instead of saying that everything is "dire"...
Appaling, awful, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, disastrous, godawful, horrible, horrid, ruinous, terrible, woeful, dismal, dreadful, grim....
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I'm a regular user of the words appalling, awful and dreadful I'll have you know
. As well as "horrific".
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Originally Posted by Benc533
Here are a few other options instead of saying that everything is "dire"...
Appaling, awful, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, disastrous, godawful, horrible, horrid, ruinous, terrible, woeful, dismal, dreadful, grim.... ![]() |
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alan do you have to spoil every post anyway what was the point of this one if it had been me starting it you all would be wanting be banned
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alan do you have to spoil every post anyway what was the point of this one if it had been me starting it you all would be wanting be banned
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For God's sake, do we have to have this squabbling all the time?
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Originally Posted by alan45
Look up sarcasm in your dictionary. If you want to make derogatory comments about anything at least try to make them witty instead of childish
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Originally Posted by Byronic-Hero
Ah, Alan, I admire your sarcasm. Like me, you clearly regard it as the highest - not the lowest - form of wit...
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Originally Posted by Katy_C
Sarcasm is the highest form of wit but the lowest form of intelligence is what my dad used to say to me
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Originally Posted by Byronic-Hero
Ah, but was he being sarcastic...?
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Originally Posted by alan45
Or indeed ironic - which is sometimes confused with sarcasm
![]() Woman: Winston, if I were your wife I would put poison in your coffee. Churchill: Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it... |
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Originally Posted by Byronic-Hero
Ah, but was he being sarcastic...?
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Winston Churchill in house of Commons
'Half the people in this house are idiots.' Speaker 'Mr Churchill I would ask you to withdraw that remark as it is offensive' Winston Churchill 'I withdraw the remark, half the people in the house are not idiots.' Irony or sarcasm?? |
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Originally Posted by alan45
Winston Churchill in house of Commons
'Half the people in this house are idiots.' Speaker 'Mr Churchill I would ask you to withdraw that remark as it is offensive' Winston Churchill 'I withdraw the remark, half the people in the house are not idiots.' Irony or sarcasm?? How about this one: Bessie Braddock: Winston, you're drunk... Churchill: Madam, you're ugly. But in the morning I shall be sober... |
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I've used godawful an woeful a few times instead of dire, yay me! lol
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Churchill again. " A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"
Now who could that apply to. Answers on a postcard please to the usual address |
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You been at the thesaurus Ben?
There's always 'atrocious' too. |
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Love sarcasam and irony as ways of being funny.
Katy C I think the line is "sarcasam is the lowest form of wit but the highest for of intelligence |
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mince, crap, rubbish, tosh, utter pish...
just a few that spring to mind
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Mince???? That must be a Glasgae yin
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Originally Posted by alan45
Churchill again. " A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"
Now who could that apply to. Answers on a postcard please to the usual address
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Originally Posted by alan45
Mince???? That must be a Glasgae yin
Weegie born and bred
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. As well as "horrific".