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Old 01-10-2008, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by golfer
"Recalcitrant" ???? Very nice.

re·cal·ci·trant
Pronunciation: \-trənt\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin recalcitrant-, recalcitrans, present participle of recalcitrare to be stubbornly disobedient, from Latin, to kick back, from re- + calcitrare to kick, from calc-, calx heel
Date: 1843
1: obstinately defiant of authority or restraint
2 a: difficult to manage or operate b: not responsive to treatment c: resistant <this subject is recalcitrant both to observation and to experiment — G. G. Simpson
Thanks! i was to lazy to look it up.
good show today steve, the rich eng bit was interesting and different. to bad he didn't have more time.
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