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Honigfrosch ([personal profile] honigfrosch) wrote in [community profile] metaquotes2020-10-06 06:52 pm

QWP from [personal profile] draculard

Other reporter at the meeting: "What's the word?"
Me: "The word?"
Reporter: "Yeah"
Me: "Any word?"
Reporter: "What?"
Me, confused: "Uh, diaphanous. Uh, gracile."
Reporter: "What's going on in your town."
Me: "Oh, the word"

(Context is non-existent and also, locked)
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[personal profile] jesse_the_k 2020-10-06 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)

THANK YOU VERY MUCH I NEEDED THIS.

watersword: Keira Knightley, in Pride and Prejudice (2007), turning her head away from the viewer, the word "elizabeth" written near (Default)

[personal profile] watersword 2020-10-06 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm in this picture and I don't like it.
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[personal profile] zeeth_kyrah 2020-10-06 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I usually heard that phrase as "What's the good word?" possibly referring to the religious sermon of the day/week (that phrasing is older than the 1960s I'm pretty sure) - but in this context might refer to "the word on the street" as well.

But yeah, good moment for a smile.
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[personal profile] minoanmiss 2020-10-06 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Diaphanous & gracile.... *Starts sketching*
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[personal profile] leeshajoy 2020-10-06 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Come on, everybody knows that the bird's the word.
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[personal profile] beccaelizabeth 2020-10-07 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
👍
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[personal profile] archersangel 2020-10-11 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
i usually say "what's the word on...." or "any word about...." it seems less confusing.
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[personal profile] hebestar 2021-04-03 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I mentally laughed at this for too long! :D