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“I REFUSE to address these ridiculous charges until the self-appointed, OFFICIAL moderator of this website, the Honorable and Most Officious censor — Doctor Adamprato — shares his academic opinion into what this most important, hotdog story is really about.”
“Officious, assuming that the article got the details right, all that is required is that the judge make the request.”
“Officious Intermeddler claims that “nobody ever ‘does business with the public’” quoting me because “‘The public’ is not a party to any business contract.””
“Officious Intermeddler, You are officially permitted to intermeddle in support of my points any time, please feel free...you seem to have done all the heavy lifting here...adieu”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Second Circuit rules in favor of firearms dealers on procedural due process:
“They initially called their site "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web," only to later decide to switch to an acronym for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle.”
“They named it "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle," wisely choosing to shorten this to its acronym.”
“Like many whimsically named creations of the Internet, Yahoo is an acronym that sounds retrofitted -- it stands for "" Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle. '”
“Yahoo (“Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle”) was born.”
“Officious, adj: intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business" [syn: interfering, meddlesome, meddling, busy, busybodied] posted by redbarren at 4: 40 PM”
“Officious devil, begone! — startled the dear creature: who, snatching up hastily her head from the chair, and as hastily popping it down again in terror, hit her nose, I suppose, against the edge of the chair; and it gushed out with blood, running in a stream down her bosom; she herself was too much frighted to heed it!”
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