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Post by Dave M on May 29, 2008 19:31:04 GMT
Ok ... we seem to have mined from the patterns of English that it's a venom when the carrying mechanism is introduced inside the body, and the toxic substance then squeezed out of the mechanism.
Now, back to TfS's proposition: is that toxic substance venom and NOT poison ? (I'd say yes, it's venom, but it's still a kind of poison).
Now ... what about when a cobra sprays the toxic liquid at you and blinds you? No squeezy intra-corporal goings on, but still the same liquid involved!
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Post by Tone on May 29, 2008 20:27:37 GMT
> Placing poison amongst the disrupted tissue is hardly what I'd think of as an injection.<
That'll rule the dum-dums rubbed in garlic out, then. (But lets the shotgun-shell filled with salt pork be acceptable?)
Pete, Use it with pride. The SOED already has it: dote n.1 ME–M19. A foolish or weak-minded person; a dotard.
Tone
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Post by Pete on May 29, 2008 22:54:11 GMT
Pete, Use it with pride. The SOED already has it: dote n.1 ME–M19. A foolish or weak-minded person; a dotard. Tone Far out! Thank you, kind sir. Take an exaltation!
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Post by Barry on May 30, 2008 14:30:01 GMT
I always knew the army was a hotbed of carnal wickedness ...
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