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<a href="http://the-toast.net/2014/0..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://the-toast.net/2014/07/28/listicles-brief-u...">http://the-toast.net/2014/0... be careful what you wish for.

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"This member is naught but a jerk"

You were right!

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He's been in the House too long, we said.

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It's hotter than Heater in Hooker today.

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Literally, dude.

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Nope. A singular example within a class of objects. If it doesn't mean that, you are right, it just means "rare" or "unusual", which would waste a word that actually has its uniqueness built in -- as in universe.

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It does seem that whoever wrote that ad may have already packed it in for the reminder of the term.

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No pay--A Republican's ideal minimum wage.

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<i>send us whatever personal materials you think will give us reason to hire you</i>

Nude selfies of the Ice Bucket challenge are given priority attention.

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Speaking to you from my award-winning communications trailer in the high desert, this is Dr "Happy" Steve Stockman....

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That's how they free you from the tyranny of paying taxes.

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Well, this is Stockman's last go to abuse the help in a position where the help can't sue him into oblivion. So he's gonna roll with it.

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You know who else wanted people to work for free?

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<i>"...most unique..."</i>

The other snowflakes are only somewhat unique.

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<i>"This Member is not a jerk."</i>

This Member sayeth ...

"About 110,000 people contract chlamydia each month, more than signed up for Obamacare. Obamacare is less popular than chlamydia."

“If babies had guns they wouldn't be aborted.”

"The best thing about the Earth is if you poke holes in it oil and gas come out."

"[Ted Nugent is] a very articulate spokesman. I'm excited to have him."

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Where did the "incomparable to" nonsense come from? That deflates the word right out of the gate. (And I can "compare" gods just as easily as I can compare anything else.)

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