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But why would you expect that it's not going to get circular-filed if you put pretty much no effort into it?
Another example of how not to get in to graduate school. Angry Professor 2008
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Any list that has Booster Gold above Catwoman is circular-filed.
Top 499 DC Characters #1-499 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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The idea that equality matters so little that it should be circular-filed so that Elizabeth and her allies can send a pro-mom-and-dad telegram is not persuasive to me.
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First there was this new arms control thing, then I came up with something really unusual last Wednesday and he circular-filed it.
Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986
vanishedone commented on the word circular-filed
Spotted here: 'All my experience (on both sides of the interview table) indicates that, in a crowded field, those with no publications get their dossiers circular-filed.'
I suspect this is a euphemism for binned.
September 9, 2009
reesetee commented on the word circular-filed
Yes, I hear that fairly often around here: "Oh, just put it in the circular file," as in "Throw it out."
September 9, 2009