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The EGOT acronym was coined by actor Philip Michael Thomas in late 1984, when his role on the new hit show Miami Vice brought instant fame, gregariously stating a desire to complete his own EGOT-winning collection

As of June 2017 venlafaxine was marketed under many brand names worldwide, many with alternative extended release forms (not shown): Adoxa, Alfaxin, Alventa, Alventa, Amfax, Anapresin, Ansifix, Arafaxina, Argofan, Arvifax, Axone, Axyven, Blossom, Calmdown, Conervin, Convalemin, Dalium, Defaxine, Depant, Depefex, Depressa, Depretaxer, Deprevix, Deprexor, Deprixol, Depurol, Desinax, Dislaven, Dobupal, Easyfor, Ectien, Eduxon, Efaxin, Efaxine, Efectin, Efegen, Efetrin, Efevelon, Efexiva, Efexor, Effegad, Effexine, Effexor, Elafax, Elify, Enlafax, Falven, Faxigen, Faxine, Faxiprol, Faxiven, Faxolet, Flaxen, Fobiless, Foraven, Ganavax, Genexin, Idixor, Idoxen, Illovex, Ivrix, Ivryx, Ixilania, Jarvis, Lafactin, Lafaxin, Lanvexin, Levest, Mazda, Melocin, Memomax, Mezine, Mollome, Nefexyl, Nervix, Norafexine, Norezol, Norezor, Norpilen, Novidat, Noviser, Odiven, Olwexya, Oriven, Paxifar, Politid, Pracet, Pramina, Prefaxine, Quilarex, Rafax, Senexon, Sentidol, Sentosa, Serosmin, Seroxine, Sesaren, Subelan, Sunveniz, Sunvex, Symfaxin, Tedema, Tifaxin, Tonpular, Trevilor, Tudor, Valosine, Vandral, Velaf, Velafax, Velahibin, Velaxin, Velept, Velpine, Ven-Fax, Venax, Venaxibene, Venaxol, Venaxx, Vencontrol, Vendep, Venegis, Venex, Venexor, Venfalex, Venfax, Venfaxime, Venforspine, Veniba, Veniz, Venjoy, Venla, Venlabacher, Venlabax, Venlabrain, Venlaburg, Venladex, Venladoz, Venlaf, Venlafab, Venlafaxin, Venlafaxina, Venlafaxine, Venlafaxinum, Venlafectin, Venlagamma, Venlalic, Venlamax, Venlamylan, Venlaneo, Venlanofi, Venlapine, Venlasand, Venlatif, Venlatrin, Venlax, Venlaxin, Venlaxine, Venlaxor, Venlectine, Venlexor, Venlifax, Venlift, Venlix, Venlobax, Venlofex, Venlor, Venoxor, Venozap, Venxin, Venxor, Vexamode, Vfax, Viepax, Voxafen, Xadevil, Xapnev, Zacalen, Zanfexa, Zaredrop, Zarelis, Zarelix, and Zenexor.

Poll?

is there someone who's job is "make up a name for drugs" - where do they get these names? And woudl you name your child Venlofex

there's a whole Tolkienesque language of drugs here

Jarvis? Mazda?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUMnR4SnECU

'Jarvis' should walk that poll.

Can't they rename some of the V's for the sake of completing the alphabet?

My money's on Depant.

Olwexya came riding in on Paxifar and told the fobiless Vandral to depant. "Zaredrop," she said, slightly vexamode.

fucking everything in this article

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wilson_is_a_genius

For details on his craft, see Musicianship of Brian Wilson

Wikipedia editor is not a genius

"Olwexya came riding in on Paxifar and told the fobiless Vandral to depant. "Zaredrop," she said, slightly vexamode."
excellent

Reception was positive, with Apocalypse World winning numerous awards. There was praise for the streamlined nature of the game, as well as the MC job, although the inclusion of a sex move was controversial and was explicitly called out as not for children by SFSignal.

Almer invented a waterpipe called the Slave-Master, described by Jack S. Margolis and Richard Clorfene in A Child's Garden of Grass as "the perfect bong".

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The film was spoofed in Mad magazine in 1975 as The Tommy-Red Seed.[citation needed]

Azad and Zacharia have a confrontation which results in Zacharia being buried under wheat.

Happy end - removal of a leg cast in Pirogov Hospital

There is a hole in the bottom of the koozie for suctioning

Weighing paper is often used when weighing solid, powdery substances on an analytical balance. By preventing the substance from being gunked up, it increases the precision of the measurement.

Journalist Garance Franke-Ruta, writing for The Atlantic, described her in 2013 as a "lissome blonde".[4]

They also stated that several Yoshi features were omitted, such as Yoshi vomiting water fed to him.[15]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck,_duck,_goose#/media/File:Duckduckgoose.gif

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hard to believe no minnesotans have weighed in here

let us not speak of them

All 3DO games use the string iamaduck to pad out the disc.

The 1969 special runs for approximately 52 minutes 37 seconds, while the 2010 documentary runs for approximately 70 minutes 54 seconds.

Highest governing body Professional Disc Golf Association
Registered players 103,785 current[1]
Clubs Yes
Characteristics
Contact No
Team members Single competitors, doubles
Type Outdoor
Equipment Flying disc, consider bringing cash for some pay to play courses.
Presence
Olympic No
World Games 2001

The new seal [of Durban, South Africa] contained a coat of arms without helmet or mantling that combined the coats of arms of Sir Benjamin D’Urban and Sir Benjamin Pine. An application was made to register the coat of arms with the College of Arms in 1906, but this application was rejected on grounds that the design implied that D’Urban and Pine were husband and wife.

The song is upbeat, describing in various ways how the singer will not be deterred or impeded in their goals, because they possess the quality of 'having the music' in them.

His Battlestar Galactica theme was featured prominently in the film Airplane II: The Sequel (1980).

According to an essay on the web site for The Biography Channel, in the 1970s, entertainment journalists did not investigate the private lives of performers who were best known as game show regulars.[29]

From the mid-1960s until 1980 Felix ran a record stall in Derby's Guildhall Market. Since 1981 Felix has been delivering ghost tours around Derby every Halloween.[2] He has also been campaigning during this time to set up an exhibition centre in Queen Street, Derby, at the old clockworks.[3][4] Felix is quoted as saying that there is "barely a corner [of Derby] which shouldn't have a blue plaque on it."[4] He hopes to use the now abandoned warehouse as an exhibition of Derby's past, both paranormal and otherwise.

Felix is quoted as saying

technically writing it into his own wikipedia entry counts as saying it

BINGO

Bach was dissatisfied with the standard of singers in the choir. He called one of them a "Zippel Fagottist" (weenie bassoon player).

"fagottist" is the half of that that means bassoon player, fortunately

Bellomo is the son of Salvatore Bellomo. He is the double cousin of Genovese associate Liborio Thomas Bellomo; their fathers are brothers and their mothers are sisters. This has led law enforcement to confuse their identities on several occasions. In 1997, Liborio Thomas Bellomo swore in an affidavit that he was guilty of federal charges instead of Bellomo

The song speaks of the mutual opening of hearts as being the only way to preserve a relationship once the partners have allowed themselves to grow apart. The lyrics acknowledge the fact that most relationships do not endure the test of time, yet still some are able to do so.

Rusty is a 76-year-old capo in 2004 when he first appears in the series, making his character born in 1928, in the Lupertazzi crime family, married to Gianna Millio. He is a capo that controls territory for the family in Brooklyn, New York and Queens, New York. The name Rusty is a pet name of Ruston or is a nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.

The word "duplex" is occasionally mispronounced with the last letter silent due to multiple misperceptions: (1) that the English word came from French, (2) that an English word naturalized from French needs to retain the French pronunciation, and (3) that the terminal -x would be silent in French. But (1) this English word came straight from educated English speakers' use of Latin (not by way of French), (2) most English words that came from French words use naturalized pronunciation, and (3) the French pronunciation of the French cognate ends in /ɛks/ anyway.

what? people call it like... a dupleh? do they go see a movie at the cinepleh? is brock lesnar the master of the german supleh?

never heard this in my life, maybe you are thinking of the duplass brothers

It's a compleh issue.

Surely nobody has ever said “dupley”

In Olympic and amateur wrestling there exists a move called a souplex, pronounced suplay, a Greco-Roman wrestling term derived from French.[citation needed] During his career, pro wrestling commentator Gordon Solie used the soo-PLAY pronunciation (as have the AWA's Rod Trongard and Terry Taylor), but almost all other pro wrestling talent pronounces it SOO-plex.[citation needed]

holy shit you just broke my head