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RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
8/12/2007, 01:24 PM
It's a word you seldom see or hear, anymore! Somehow, it evolved into "horrific"! How did that happen?
SicEmBaylor
8/12/2007, 01:27 PM
I use both horrible and horrific frequently. Which one I use is dependent upon how bad the situation is. For example, horrific would be much worse than horrible.
GottaHavePride
8/12/2007, 01:48 PM
Terry Pratchett has a good bit on a similar subject in "Hogfather"

Horrible. The word is 'horrible'. 'Horrid' is a childish
word selected to impress nearby males with one's fragility.
Flagstaffsooner
8/12/2007, 01:55 PM
It went here. (http://forums.hornfans.com/php/wwwthreads/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=football)
olevetonahill
8/12/2007, 02:14 PM
It went here. (http://forums.hornfans.com/php/wwwthreads/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=football)
Flag , I couldnt stand much of that "horrific horribleness"
Mongo
8/12/2007, 02:18 PM
this thread is horrible
VeeJay
8/12/2007, 02:38 PM
On the golf course, I normally exclaim after a tee shot or put, "Well that was horrible."

I do not say "That chip shot was horrific."

Sometimes, I just say "I need another beer."
Chuck Bao
8/12/2007, 03:31 PM
I'm a horrible guy. Never, ever horrific or horrid.

Heh! VJ, spec for that need another beer.
RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
8/12/2007, 05:38 PM
There's terrible, and then terrific. Since the two "terr" words are opposites, why aren't the "horr" words opposites?
RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
8/12/2007, 05:39 PM
I'm a horrible guy. Never, ever horrific or horrid.

Heh! VJ, spec for that need another beer.Some say you might sometimes be horrendous, however.