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| TranceSpeeder |
| My boss at work called and said the meeing has been abjured. What does abjured mean? I don't think he used it properly. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by TranceSpeeder
What does abjured mean? |
Possibly both. |
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| kadomony |
ab·jure
/æbˈdʒʊər, -ˈdʒɜr/ Show Spelled[ab-joor, -jur]
–verb (used with object), -jured, -jur·ing.
1. to renounce, repudiate, or retract, esp. with formal solemnity; recant: to abjure one's errors.
2. to renounce or give up under oath; forswear: to abjure allegiance.
3. to avoid or shun.
I'm sure he meant "adjourned"
ad·journ
/əˈdʒɜrn/ Show Spelled[uh-jurn]
–verb (used with object)
1. to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court.
2. to defer or postpone to a later time: They adjourned the meeting until the following Monday.
3. to defer or postpone (a matter) to a future meeting of the same body.
4. to defer or postpone (a matter) to some future time, either specified or not specified. |
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| Lira |
| Maybe he meant to say it was an abject meeting? Surely, it can't have been abjugated. |
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| EddieZilker |
| I learned a new word! :wtf: |
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| bas |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Possibly both. |
Or more simply he said "the meeting has been adjourned" with a stuffy nose. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
Or more simply he said "the meeting has been adjourned" with a stuffy nose. |
True, we shouldn't abjudge that. |
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| KilldaDJ |
| quote: | Originally posted by EddieZilker
I learned a new word! :wtf: |
O YEH? i level'd up |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
| quote: | Originally posted by EddieZilker
I learned a new word! :wtf: |
i actually find that hard to believe
:wtf: |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| It means your boss reads enough to know that the word "abjure" exists, but not enough to know how to use it correctly. |
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| SkyHigh |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
It means your boss reads enough to know that the word "abjure" exists, but not enough to know how to use it correctly. |
:stongue: :stongue: :stongue: :stongue: |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
It means your boss reads enough to know that the word "abjure" exists, but not enough to know how to use it correctly. |
Hence the pretentiousness. I still think we should adjute this possibility. |
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