Did you happen to see my picture next to the dictionary entry?
It's almost as good as a job's comforter:
One who is discouraging or saddening while seemingly offering sympathy or comfort.
[After JOB, whose friends pretended to comfort but actually found fault with him.]
2007-03-27 09:46:48
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answered by Anonymous
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"a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint."
[Origin: 1770–80; Jeremi(ah) + -ad, in reference to Jeremiah's Lamentations]
1.a Major Prophet of the 6th and 7th centuries b.c.
2.a book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Jer.
3.a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “God is high.”
2007-03-27 16:23:55
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answered by Anonymous
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I would like to personally thank acid zebra for helping save a couple seconds!! I hate when I have to go to dictionary.com just to answer a question but I really like to answer so I do.
And yes- that can be very cleansing- I ocassionally do that here.
2007-03-27 16:28:56
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answered by Anonymous
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Yes, and the man himself was an inspiration to us all:
"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" (17:9)
2007-03-27 16:24:03
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answered by JAT 6
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It can be very therapeutic, and you don't even need to be a theist to indulge in one. All you need is an issue.
2007-03-27 16:25:09
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answered by skepsis 7
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