Words going out of fashion

wolfgang59

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19 Aug 19

Great Big Stees

Joined: 14 Mar 04
Moves: 187711

05 Sep 19

@ghost-of-a-duke said
That can't be right.

Why, pray tell?

Ghost of a Duke

Joined: 14 Mar 15
Moves: 29756

05 Sep 19

@great-big-stees said
Why, pray tell?

If a ravenous appetite was satisfied sir, you would no longer be hungry and certainly not left voracious for more food.

Great Big Stees

Joined: 14 Mar 04
Moves: 187711

05 Sep 19

@ghost-of-a-duke said
If a ravenous appetite was satisfied sir, you would no longer be hungry and certainly not left voracious for more food.

I thought when talking about food, voracious meant the devouring of it which would mean one satiated one's ravenous appetite. Am I wrong in my thinking? 😢

Very Rusty

Treat Everyone Equal

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Joined: 04 Oct 06
Moves: 646405

06 Sep 19

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Anyone heard the term "Nice set of headlights"?

The older crowd on here may have heard it, not said anymore in at least the last 40 years!!!

-VR