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Old 01-02-2006, 17:24   #28
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Re: Person of the year

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf.
I can only assume it is a commonly used phase amongst the gay community, because I have certainly never heard of it. I would suggest that in future, you stick to standard english terminology rather than this gibberish, which no one else can understand.
I must say I was quite in agreement with Tealeaf until I had a look at the online Oxford Dictionary and found the following.

anal-retentive

adjective Psychoanalysis excessively orderly and fussy (supposedly because of conflict over toilet-training in infancy).

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Originally Posted by garinda
It derives from someone who is anally retentive
One would have thought, however, if Garinda was to use such phrases, especially when he describes them as common, he would use and spell them correctly.
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