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Posted: **Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:20 am**

Eschew

func: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French eschiver (3d present eschiu) of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German sciuhen to frighten off -- more at SHY
: to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : SHUN
(thanx be to Merriam-Webster)

Popularised in the pop bumperstickerial phrase "Eschew Obfuscation"

When a conversational partner/adversary drops "eschew" into a conversation, a courteous response is of course "Gesundheit".

Then you wait for the oth' eschew to drop.

Posted: **Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:10 am**

According to dictionary.com: eschew \es-CHOO\, transitive verb: To shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful).

-gailr

nice puns, sluggo.

Posted: **Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:04 am**

As I keep Kosher, I must sometimes eschew what others will chew.

Posted: **Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:52 pm**

As I keep Kosher, I must sometimes eschew what others will chew.

Oboy! A setup! {salivating}

... So others may pig out on the stuff that Per' eschews?

Ladies 'n' germs, Perry, my straight man. We're here all weak, and we got sole.

Posted: **Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:50 pm**

It all sounds canned to me.

mark not-eschewing-nuttin' Bailey