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I don't really get why one would invoke it as an insult though

Well, apparently you "got it" enough to find it worthy of repetition...  

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire

by p------- on Mon Jan 29th, 2007 at 03:14:03 PM EST
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Yes. It's kinda hard to miss.

And if the word is wholly inappropriate in all circumstances, if one were to hypotethically allow for its usage in english, then this might actually be that application given the antics of more than a few over there.

Other than that, have I expressed to you just how much I enjoy pies of all sorts?

The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet. Winston Churchill

by r------ on Mon Jan 29th, 2007 at 03:33:14 PM EST
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