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Where does the following quotation come from you are sufficiently suffonsified as to be obnoxious to your circumference?
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∙ 16y ago
My father used to use the expression after a good meal: "If my sufficiency was suffonsified any more it would be obnoxious to my capacity." I have no idea where he got this from, but it has been a household saying in our family since the early 1960's. Carol
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∙ 7y agoFrom "American Speech", Vol. 55, No. 4 (Winter, 1980), pp. 295-297, an article by Frederic G. Cassidy entitled, "Among The Old Words":
"A common pattern is "My sufficiency is fully surancified; any more would be obnoxious to my fastidious taste." Obviously, the original, serious formula has become inflated; it is on the way to jocular, even satiric, exaggeration. Our attitude toward "verbal elegance" has changed: one does not say that sort of thing nowadays unless in humorous mockery. Surancified, at the center of the new formula, is clearly intended to be impressive and a bit mysterious."
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Where does the saying sufficiently suffonsified come from?
The expression is rather widespread, especially among the 1910/1920's generation of the Upper Great Lakes region (Ontario/Michigan). The full expression is "My sufficiency is suffonsified and any more would be obnoxious to my fastidious taste." (see related link)
Can you Use the word obnoxious in a sentence?
The loud and obnoxious music from the party next door kept me awake all night.
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The correct punctuation for the sentence is: "Not only are you vain, you are also selfish and obnoxious." Add a comma after "vain" to separate the two independent clauses.
What is the root word of obnoxious?
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A simple sentence with the word irk?
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Where does the saying sufficiently suffonsified come from?
The expression is rather widespread, especially among the 1910/1920's generation of the Upper Great Lakes region (Ontario/Michigan). The full expression is "My sufficiency is suffonsified and any more would be obnoxious to my fastidious taste." (see related link)
What is a easy sentence with obnoxious?
That boy is so obnoxious.
What part of speech is the word obnoxious?
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The loud and obnoxious music from the party next door kept me awake all night.
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What is the definition of obnoxious?
Very, very annoying obnoxious means extremely annoying or repulsive.
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