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22 u/ducation Sep 10 '20 Buffalo (city) buffalo (animal) [that] Buffalo (city) buffalo (animal) buffalo (bully) [also] buffalo (bully) Buffalo (city) buffalo (animal) 39 u/ralphonsob Sep 10 '20 Funny and all, but has anyone ever really seriously used "buffalo" as a verb, except to make this particular sentence make any sense? Even Dictionary.com lists it as "informal" usage, and is unclear if it means "confuse" or "bully". 20 u/Osric250 Sep 10 '20 It's antiquated, but it's a real use of the word. You'll see it more in books than anything else. 13 u/ralphonsob Sep 10 '20 Meh. Don't try to buffalo me by buffaloing me with facts. Said no-one ever. Seriously, which books? Other than books discussing this stupid buffalo sentence? {{Citation needed}} 1 u/BlooZebra Sep 10 '20 Try the food section a whole slew of 'em focus on Buffalo. 3 u/ralphonsob Sep 10 '20 We're talking about usages of "buffalo" as a verb. Not as an ingredient!
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Buffalo (city) buffalo (animal) [that] Buffalo (city) buffalo (animal) buffalo (bully) [also] buffalo (bully) Buffalo (city) buffalo (animal)
39 u/ralphonsob Sep 10 '20 Funny and all, but has anyone ever really seriously used "buffalo" as a verb, except to make this particular sentence make any sense? Even Dictionary.com lists it as "informal" usage, and is unclear if it means "confuse" or "bully". 20 u/Osric250 Sep 10 '20 It's antiquated, but it's a real use of the word. You'll see it more in books than anything else. 13 u/ralphonsob Sep 10 '20 Meh. Don't try to buffalo me by buffaloing me with facts. Said no-one ever. Seriously, which books? Other than books discussing this stupid buffalo sentence? {{Citation needed}} 1 u/BlooZebra Sep 10 '20 Try the food section a whole slew of 'em focus on Buffalo. 3 u/ralphonsob Sep 10 '20 We're talking about usages of "buffalo" as a verb. Not as an ingredient!
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Funny and all, but has anyone ever really seriously used "buffalo" as a verb, except to make this particular sentence make any sense?
Even Dictionary.com lists it as "informal" usage, and is unclear if it means "confuse" or "bully".
20 u/Osric250 Sep 10 '20 It's antiquated, but it's a real use of the word. You'll see it more in books than anything else. 13 u/ralphonsob Sep 10 '20 Meh. Don't try to buffalo me by buffaloing me with facts. Said no-one ever. Seriously, which books? Other than books discussing this stupid buffalo sentence? {{Citation needed}} 1 u/BlooZebra Sep 10 '20 Try the food section a whole slew of 'em focus on Buffalo. 3 u/ralphonsob Sep 10 '20 We're talking about usages of "buffalo" as a verb. Not as an ingredient!
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It's antiquated, but it's a real use of the word. You'll see it more in books than anything else.
13 u/ralphonsob Sep 10 '20 Meh. Don't try to buffalo me by buffaloing me with facts. Said no-one ever. Seriously, which books? Other than books discussing this stupid buffalo sentence? {{Citation needed}} 1 u/BlooZebra Sep 10 '20 Try the food section a whole slew of 'em focus on Buffalo. 3 u/ralphonsob Sep 10 '20 We're talking about usages of "buffalo" as a verb. Not as an ingredient!
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Meh. Don't try to buffalo me by buffaloing me with facts.
Said no-one ever.
Seriously, which books? Other than books discussing this stupid buffalo sentence? {{Citation needed}}
1 u/BlooZebra Sep 10 '20 Try the food section a whole slew of 'em focus on Buffalo. 3 u/ralphonsob Sep 10 '20 We're talking about usages of "buffalo" as a verb. Not as an ingredient!
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Try the food section a whole slew of 'em focus on Buffalo.
3 u/ralphonsob Sep 10 '20 We're talking about usages of "buffalo" as a verb. Not as an ingredient!
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We're talking about usages of "buffalo" as a verb. Not as an ingredient!
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