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title help - maybe - Kenji - 10-11-2007
GeraldRice Wrote:I hear there's a big bru-haha over young people importing too many foreign words. Is that true?
Yes, some people. But I don't know about "bru-haha". :confused:
title help - maybe - Lon - 10-11-2007
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?sourceid=Mozilla-search&va=brouhaha
title help - maybe - Mike Hanson - 10-11-2007
If a novel about Jack visiting Japan is titled "Gaijin"
then a followup RJ novel with Jack visiting China
would be titled "Gwai Lo?"
title help - maybe - GeraldRice - 10-11-2007
Kenji Wrote:Yes, some people. But I don't know about "bru-haha". :confused:
It's like a big to-do. Um, people are making a thing out of it (man, it's tough to define this word without being all abstract--little help?)
title help - maybe - DaveStrorm - 10-11-2007
GeraldRice Wrote:It's like a big to-do. Um, people are making a thing out of it (man, it's tough to define this word without being all abstract--little help?)
brou·ha·ha –noun
1.excited public interest, discussion, or the like, as the clamor attending some sensational event; hullabaloo: The brouhaha followed disclosures of graft at City Hall.
2.an episode involving excitement, confusion, turmoil, etc., esp. a broil over a minor or ridiculous cause: A brouhaha by the baseball players resulted in three black eyes.
title help - maybe - beowulf - 10-11-2007
"Stab in the Dark"
...so many possible meanings
title help - maybe - webby - 10-11-2007
I dunno, Gaijin just isn't grabbing me.
Well, I have one more suggestion that has been bouncing around in my head almost since the beginning of this thread. I don't know why I've been hesitant to post it, and I don't think anyone else has suggested it yet, so ...
Edgewise
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title help - maybe - Maggers - 10-11-2007
webby Wrote:I dunno, Gaijin just isn't grabbing me.Same here. I don't care for it, but what do I know.
title help - maybe - ButchM - 10-11-2007
A few possibilities I had.
Razor Sharp
Razor Thin
Razor's Edge
title help - maybe - Tindalos13 - 10-11-2007
Hey folks! I'm new 'round these parts. But I do have a suggestion (I read through and didn't see it mentioned.).
VORPAL