On Topic: 1. perl-begin.berlios.de + 2. Meta: Apology for Tactlessness

[Sue Spence]

Chris Devers wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Apr 2007, Jeff Anderson wrote:
> 
>> On 4/13/07, Shlomi Fish <shlomif at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Like I said in my original email, I wanted to ask for apology from 
>>> the entire list
>> I normally charge an exuberant fee for this, but ... *sigh*
>>
>> I'm sorry. :(
> 
> $ dict -d wn exuberant exorbitant 
>   exuberant
>        adj 1: joyously unrestrained [syn: {ebullient}, {high-spirited}]
>        2: unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise";
>           "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition";
>           "overweening greed" [syn: {excessive}, {extravagant}, {overweening}]
>        3: produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous
>           blooming" [syn: {lush}, {luxuriant}, {profuse}, {riotous}]
>   exorbitant
>        adj : greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation;
>              "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an
>              outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usorious interest
>              rate"; "unconscionable spending" [syn: {extortionate},
>              {outrageous}, {steep}, {unconscionable}, {usurious}] 
> 
> I think your way might actually work better here though :-) 
> 

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