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michaelchang		 pronoun second person singular or plural 1 used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing : are you listening? | I love you. • used to refer to the person being addressed together with other people regarded in the same class : you Australians. • used in exclamations to address one or more people : you fools | hey, you! 2 used to refer to any person in general : after a while, you get used to it. PHRASES you and yours you together with your family and close friends. you-know-who (or you-know-what) used to refer to someone (or something) known to the hearer without specifying their identity : the minister was later to be sacked by you-know-who. ORIGIN Old English ēow, accusative and dative of gē (see ye 1 ); related to Dutch u and German euch. During the 14th cent. you began to replace ye 1 , thou 1 , and thee ; by the 17th cent. it had become the ordinary second person pronoun for any number and case.

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  • 9 months ago madmouth said:
    actually--M-W cites a "chiefly British" use of it as a transitive verb meaning roughly 'murder' (here). If we could get some British corroboration I'd like to restore it to the homicide list.
  • 9 months ago michaelchang said:
    Madmouth, I'm not sure about perish. Perhaps it is to eery for homocide. I mean, to just vanish in thin air is a scary thought.
  • 9 months ago bilby said:
    Gold star for yarb :-)
  • 9 months ago yarb said:
    Transitive? Perish the thought!
  • 9 months ago madmouth said:
    are you sure "perish" can be transitive? I've never heard of a 'perished person' a la 'disappeared person'
  • 9 months ago bilby said:
    I thought I was seeing things yesterday when there were 3 new michaelchang entries on the Public Haiku list. (Now, when an open list is actively being added to, it shows up on the front page - lower right). Good to have you back!
  • 9 months ago bilby said:
    You're back!
  • about 2 years ago arcadia said:
    Oh wow, you are cracking me up! (Didn't have time to scan my brain for Wordie-er words just then). I am getting such delight from your suggestions to my list. Don't be offended if some don't make the cut; they are all pretty creative. THANKS!!!

  • over 2 years ago jennarenn said:
    Hey Michael,

    The tag page is beautiful today. Thank you.

    :) Jen
  • over 2 years ago reesetee said:
    No problem, MC. You didn't break Wordie, and that's the important thing. :-) Hope you keep posting and enjoy yourself here! (<-- from a Wordie addict)
  • over 2 years ago reesetee said:
    Hey michael--welcome to Wordie! You might want to check out the way other Wordies are using the tagging function here and edit your present tags. For long explanations, definitions, or such, we tend to use the comments field at the bottom of a list page or word page. Save the tags for short & sweet stuff. See tags page for more info. Thanks!

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