NWFlyer 2 #1 April 5, 2006 Is it wrong that I giggled when that popped up on my google homepage? But we should all get our minds out of the gutter... Quotecum \KUM; KUHM\, preposition: With; along with; combined with; -- often used in combination. In 1999 he finished converting an old dairy into a sort of village -- a hip warren of apartments adjoining a restaurant and bar, some art galleries, some studios, and an "e-mat" (a laundromat-cum-cybercafé). -- Bill Donahue, "Byte, Byte, Against the Dying of the Light", The Atlantic, May 2001 Pretty soon, we're digging up the lunch, washing it off at a stand pipe and heading for the shed-cum-kitchen, where the two burners are quickly pressed into working overtime. -- Bob Granleese, "A bumper crop", The Guardian, September 14, 2002 The memorial service cum political rally for Senator Wellstone brought the sacred low. -- William J. Bennett, "A Party of Corruption?", National Review, November 4, 2002 Mark Humphrey, the rising star among interior designers, has created a highly-collectable dual-function, chrome and walnut candlestick-cum-rose vase. -- Nick Pandya, "Making Christmas a one-off", The Guardian, November 2, 2002 Cum is from the Latin cum, "with." http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2006/04/05.html"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #2 April 5, 2006 "oh baby, oh baby, I'm going to with" just doesn't have the same ring to it. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveStMarys 0 #3 April 5, 2006 A "with" stain on my sheets?? WTF is that?? BobbiA miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
