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OBJET The same as "Object", but for the French and/or pretentious.
-- Daniel Bowen's TOXIC CUSTARPEDIA...
Obliged by hunger and request of friends. -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Epistle to Dr.
Arbuthnot, Prologue to the Satires, Line 44...
OBLIVION, n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest.
Fame's eternal dumping ground. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious autho...
Oblivion together does not frighten me, beloved. -- Thalassa (in Anne Mulhall's body), "Return to Tomorrow," stardate 4770.
3....
Ob-: /ob/ pref. Obligatory. A piece of {netiquette} acknowledging that the author has been straying from the newsgroup's charter topic.
For example, if a posting in alt.sex is a response...
Oboeists have TWO reeds.
O'Brien: "Ah, I can still remember the aromas when mother was cooking.
Keiko: "She *cooked*?" O'Brien: "She didn't believe in a replicator....
O'Brien: "At what point should I shut it down if there's a problem?
Data: "I do not know. I have never done this before....
O'Brien: "But I'll make something special for you tonight.
You'll love it, I promise." Keiko: "Okay. Maybe I'll have something special for you tonight too....
O'Brien: "But who I choose to spend my free time with.
..that's my business." -- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6...

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