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Old 11-16-2003, 03:17 PM
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how the hell can it be a hoax if they aren't selling anything, they aren't looking to get money out of it, and its just for awareness? Jeez people its just telling you to be smart, not hand over money
Old 11-16-2003, 03:20 PM
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Originally posted by RB
how the hell can it be a hoax if they aren't selling anything, they aren't looking to get money out of it, and its just for awareness? Jeez people its just telling you to be smart, not hand over money
It's an urban legend.
Old 11-16-2003, 03:20 PM
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Sounds more like urban myth than hoax.
Old 11-16-2003, 03:22 PM
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Main Entry: 1hoax
Pronunciation: 'hOks
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: probably contraction of hocus
Date: circa 1796
: to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous


Main Entry: 2hoax
Function: noun
Date: 1808
1 : an act intended to trick or dupe : IMPOSTURE
2 : something accepted or established by fraud or fabrication
Old 11-16-2003, 03:27 PM
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Originally posted by qtiger
It's an urban legend.

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you just said it was a hoax. It's not trying to decieve you into believing something by means of being deceitful, but just spreading awareness.
Old 11-16-2003, 03:28 PM
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Originally posted by RB
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you just said it was a hoax. It's not trying to decieve you into believing something by means of being deceitful, but just spreading awareness.
Originally posted by qtiger
Main Entry: 1hoax
Pronunciation: 'hOks
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: probably contraction of hocus
Date: circa 1796
: to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous


Main Entry: 2hoax
Function: noun
Date: 1808
1 : an act intended to trick or dupe : IMPOSTURE
2 : something accepted or established by fraud or fabrication

If you doubt a usage of a word just pick up a freaking dictionary
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Originally posted by qtiger
It's an urban legend.
Old 11-16-2003, 03:30 PM
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Originally posted by qtiger
If you doubt a usage of a word just pick up a freaking dictionary

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whatever jackass.
Old 11-16-2003, 03:59 PM
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Originally posted by RB
how the hell can it be a hoax if they aren't selling anything,
they're selling bullshit




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