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Started by Xtremehobo May 23, 2003 at 10:43 PM 11 replies 1k views

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May 23, 2003 at 10:43 PM

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from dictionary.com: pop·pet ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ppt) n. A poppet valve. Nautical. A small wooden strip on a gunwale that forms or supports an oarlock. One of the beams of a launching cradle supporting a ship''s hull.

Uh huh.... /me doesn''t get it -----

Invisible_Troll_Union

May 23, 2003 at 10:48 PM

Poppets are the gay thoughts roaming minds pertaining to the subject/identity of YodaTheCoda

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Beer Hunter

May 23, 2003 at 11:37 PM

Are you blind?

quote:
from dictionary.com:
pop·pet ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ppt)
n.
1. A poppet valve.
2. Nautical.
a. A small wooden strip on a gunwale that forms or supports an oarlock.
b.One of the beams of a launching cradle supporting a ship''s hull.
3. Chiefly British. A darling.

YodaTheCoda

May 24, 2003 at 1:06 AM

im britiseh!!
i ony live in new zelaasbnd.

Peon

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Peon

May 24, 2003 at 1:54 AM

I always thought that poppet==puppet, as in we''re all his puppets or something

Necro-File

May 24, 2003 at 2:24 AM

Poppet is also an old way of saying doll. I don''t know exactly what the "language" was called then, but it was the dialect or whatever used when the pilgrims came to America.

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sbennett

May 24, 2003 at 6:13 AM

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I don''t know exactly what the "language" was called then

Uh...English?

zer0wolf

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zer0wolf

May 24, 2003 at 6:22 AM

I''ll have to second sbennet... I think it was the very secretive dialect of the human language... english.

MDI

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MDI

May 24, 2003 at 10:48 AM

You people have never heard "poppet" used before?
Jesus Christ, I jus realised half of you wouldn''t understand a word of a normal conversation round here.

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