Is ahold a word?
Now that you ask.... Huh.
eta: OED has a-hold
Honestly, you meet the most appalling sort of people....
Giles ,'Chosen'
Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Jun 02, 2006 8:02:58 am PDT #222 of 10002
brenda m - Jun 02, 2006 8:04:28 am PDT #223 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
a·hold ( P ) Pronunciation Key (-hld)n. Hold; grip: “I knew I could make it all right if I got... back to the hotel and got ahold of that bottle of brandy” (Jimmy Breslin).
Gudanov - Jun 02, 2006 8:04:52 am PDT #224 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
The best idiot book I've ever owned.
It might be a bit of a stretch to call it a philosophy book though.
Jessica - Jun 02, 2006 8:05:17 am PDT #225 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
eternalsunset.net -- slideshow of webcams around the world, always at sunset. Very cool!
brenda m - Jun 02, 2006 8:05:40 am PDT #226 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Here's M-W:
Main Entry: ahold Pronunciation: &-'hOld Function: noun Etymology: probably from the phrase a hold : HOLD t if you could get ahold of a representative -- Norman Mailer
Allyson - Jun 02, 2006 8:08:34 am PDT #227 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Is ahold a word?
If it isn't, and we get all the publishy Buffistas to use it in their publishy goods, we can send off all of the instances to erinaceous and MAKE IT A WORD.
Such is our power.
Such is the way of Buffistas.
Amen.
Tom Scola - Jun 02, 2006 8:08:55 am PDT #228 of 10002
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
OED has a-hold
Oxford American has neither.
msbelle - Jun 02, 2006 8:09:15 am PDT #229 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I think I want to marry Keith O. I am sending that link to everyone in my family. Everyone in America should watch that. Everyone who watches Fox News should have to watch that. Everyone who works for FOX news should have to watch it on repeat.
Allyson - Jun 02, 2006 8:09:51 am PDT #230 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Hm. brenda took all the air out of my post. Friggin brenda with her mad dictionary skillz.
grumble grumble
Gudanov - Jun 02, 2006 8:11:04 am PDT #231 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Oxford American has neither.
But what about "a-hold"?