Fri 18 Feb 2005 @23:11
complex
noun, 1 : a whole made up of complicated or interrelated parts (a complex of university buildings)
adjective, 2 : hard to separate, analyze, or solve
noun: a group of repressed desires and memories that exerts a dominating influence upon the personality
So, if you have repressed desires about a hard to analyze group of university buildings, you have a complex complex complex.
fob transitive verb, archaic, DECIEVE, CHEAT
fob noun, an ornament attached to a fob chain
fob off transitive verb, 1: to put off with a trick, excuse, or inferior substitute
2: to pass or offer (something spurious) as genuine
3: to put aside
I took it off my keychain. It was a little plastic license plate I carried for three years. Because she gave it to me. Because we flirted a little. Because even though I knew we could never be, it was fun to pretend a little that maybe…. But it was chipped and faded. And it wasn’t really the one she gave me anyway. My keys were stolen so I bought one just like it. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
Definitions from Merriam-Webster Online
February 19th, 2005 at 10:24
so you fobbed off your fob?
Dawn
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February 19th, 2005 at 19:51
I think one of your best qualities, and that which makes you such a compelling writer, is your symbolic way of thinking. Objects can represent so much in various contexts. . .
Even chocolate candies.
February 22nd, 2005 at 21:08
Dawn,
Yup. I fobbed myself with the fob and then I fobbed off the fob.
Anon,
You flatter me (but that doesn’t mean I want you to stop). I’m very visual in my thinking and, therefore, in my writing. Part of the fun in language is the ambiguity that leads to humor and to poetry and to most of my prose….