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- verb Common misspelling of
referred .
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Examples
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Ethelred - the name refered not to his youth but to his incompetence
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No gaffs except Palin refered to the US/NATO commander in Afganistan as General McClellan instead of McKiernan.
I fell asleep during the VP debate « PurpleSlog – Awesomeness & Modesty Meets Sexy 2008
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The ANC believed the name refered to a important event in the ANC's history, while Cope was expected to argue that the name did not belong to the ruling party.
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However, one interviewer tells Neil she heard the name refered to "this thing in New York where gay guys get hamsters and put them in plastic bags and shove them up their asses."
! Exclaim.ca - News 2009
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However, one interviewer tells Neil she heard the name refered to "this thing in New York where gay guys get hamsters and put them in plastic bags and shove them up their asses."
! Exclaim.ca - News 2009
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At its inception the phrase refered to Iraq, but about six weeks in that super genius realized what a clusterfuck Iraq was and “repurposed” his site to the ‘war on terra.’
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(initially i thought the title refered to some gangster theme ... and i thought it was a children's book version of some chicago mobster thing ... or something ...) 11: 23 AM
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During US occupation of Japan in 1945, the Meiji law banning tattoos was removed, but the social stigma against tattoos has managed to persist, resulting in some of the modern-day exclusions some commenters refered to.
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Palin recently refered to Obama's "death councils" or something like that, now she is calling for restraint?
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Why is Eunice refered to as "Kennedy Sister" in the headline for this story?
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