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- adjective Common misspelling of
embarrassing .
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The only thing embarrasing is the fact Liebeman changed his mind on the bill that made it so much worse other countries are starting to feel sorry for America.
MN GOP calls Franken-Lieberman incident an 'embarrassment' 2009
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The fact that we're on the hook for cost overruns for such a craptastic boondoogle makes it that much worse; the fact that the Council won't stand up for our future is just plain embarrasing.
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I know that a lot of the crap the administration is staged, but this is just out right plain embarrasing.
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I know that a lot of the crap the administration is staged, but this is just out right plain embarrasing.
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For instance, he puts a LOT of criticism into the so-called embarrasing "man's man" iconic John Wayne imagery here, but completely ignores that this was Ford's starkest portrayal of that figure ever - especially the marked racism which Metcalf flippantly misinterprets or just disregards as "kinky allure".
Something Old, Nothing New Jaime J. Weinman 2006
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Honestly, typing it verbatim would be kind of embarrasing, even for a blog like this.
Michael Rugnetta: My Take on the Recent Brooks-Taibbi Flap 2010
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Honestly, typing it verbatim would be kind of embarrasing, even for a blog like this.
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The real story for tech readers, Ars, is not how "embarrasing" it is to post serious videos for post-teenage audiences on a site like YouTube.
Archive 2006-09-01 Jeremiah McNichols 2006
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The real story for tech readers, Ars, is not how "embarrasing" it is to post serious videos for post-teenage audiences on a site like YouTube.
All This, And Cool Too: Party-Crashing at the Gates of YouTube Jeremiah McNichols 2006
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This is kind of embarrasing, but Tuesday night I decided that since the Veet that we had bought worked so well on my legs-very gentle, no rashes or irritation like the Nair - why not try it on the hair, down there.
marilynnv Diary Entry marilynnv 2005
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