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Dukhat
Member # 341
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Almost a year's worth of Wolf 359 research has gone by, and I never got the inside joke until just now. The definition of "firebrand" in the Random House dictionary: "A piece of burning wood or other material." Very fitting for the graveyard scene, huh? ------------------ Homer: "I'm not normally a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me, Superman!"
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USS Vanguard
Member # 130
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I always assumed it was one of those "Abstract" concepts, so that when you heard it maybe you'd think "FIRE" or "Brand": two moderetealy cool words or whatever, i don't know what the hell i'm even talking about. ------------------ "Life sucks, then you die"
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The359
Member # 37
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Actually, I remember seeing the word Firebrand in Julius Caeser, and it said the definition was one of "revolters" or something like that.------------------ Me: "Why don't you live in Hong Kong?" Rachel Roberts: "Hong Kong? Nah. Oh, but we can live in China! Yeah, China has great Chinese food!" (discussion with fellow classmate, 9/5/00) Mustang Class Starship Development Project
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TSN
Member # 31
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Yeah, I think "firebrand" is more often applied to people. It'd be someone who stirs up trouble, or "heats up" a situation, as it were. A troll on a message board, to give a familiar example.------------------ "What he did to that walrus gentle-man was inexcusable." -T. Herman Zweibel on "Mr. Woodrow Wood-pecker", The Onion, 7-Nov-2000
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