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"smashing" use Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:00 am  "smashing" use		  
Is the word "smashing" commonly used in the UK by a wide range of speakers?

e.g.

smashing (adjective)
(UK ifml.) excellent
"Another smashing performance by Lewis Hamilton. What a great Formula One driver he is!"

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"smashing" use Fri Sep 19, 2008 23:36 pm  "smashing" use		  
Can someone please tell me why my question about vocabulary has been placed in this folder?
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"smashing" use Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:55 am  "smashing" use		  
In anticipation of divergence, presumably.

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"smashing" use Sat Sep 20, 2008 14:13 pm  "smashing" use		  
'S maith sin!
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"smashing" use Sat Sep 20, 2008 15:14 pm  "smashing" use		  
MrPedantic wrote:
In anticipation of divergence, presumably.

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Divergence from?
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"smashing" use Sat Sep 20, 2008 17:54 pm  "smashing" use		  
QED.

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"smashing" use Sat Sep 20, 2008 18:18 pm  "smashing" use		  
Declinat ergo est?
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"smashing" use Sat Sep 20, 2008 18:29 pm  "smashing" use		  
We're in the "me know Latin, isn't me clever?" phase.

Si vos can non pello pepulli pulsum lemma...

Divergencia est sanus!

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"smashing" use Sat Sep 27, 2008 1:07 am  "smashing" use		  
How well do you know Latin, M?

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"smashing" use Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:30 am  "smashing" use		  
MrPedantic wrote:
How well do you know Latin, M?

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Not as well as you'd like us to think you do, MrP.
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"smashing" use Sat Sep 27, 2008 12:02 pm  "smashing" use		  
Would you like to have studied Latin, M?

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"smashing" use Sat Sep 27, 2008 14:29 pm  "smashing" use		  
MrPedantic wrote:
Would you like to have studied Latin, M?

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