Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)  (Read 5632121 times)

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"G" is germane
« Reply #5260 on: July 30, 2006, 06:09:22 pm »
Ennis wasn’t much of a talker; moreover, he seldom discussed anything germane to his and Jack’s gay relationship.
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"H" is hardships
« Reply #5261 on: July 30, 2006, 06:12:25 pm »
 ... "Brokeback" is not "about" homosexuality. It is about the hardships of love, a universal topic and one completely worthy of exploration by Hollywood.
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"I" is immeasurable
« Reply #5262 on: July 30, 2006, 06:14:56 pm »
When he learned of Jack's death, Ennis's grief was immeasurable:'(

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"J" is jackanapes
« Reply #5263 on: July 30, 2006, 07:06:19 pm »
Young Bobbie behaved like a jackanapes at the Thanksgiving table when his mom asked him to eat rather than watch football.

Def: an impudent or conceited fellow; a saucy or mischievous child
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"K" is Kaw-Liga
« Reply #5264 on: July 30, 2006, 07:12:13 pm »
   Jack, in a better mood now, is doodling on his harmonica. Tries to play Hank Williams's "Kaw-Liga."
   Ennis (tolerant, smiles) "You'll run the sheep off again if you don't quiet down."
   Jack keeps playing.   [screenplay]

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"L" is lumpish
« Reply #5265 on: July 30, 2006, 07:25:01 pm »
The startled bear galloped into the trees with the lumpish gait that made it seem it was falling apart. (From the short story.)

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"M" is momentum
« Reply #5266 on: July 30, 2006, 07:36:46 pm »
When Ennis was going down the mountain with Jack and the sheep, he felt like there was a headlong, irreversible momentum.
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"N" is needled
« Reply #5267 on: July 30, 2006, 07:39:07 pm »
Jack's father-in-law needled him whenever he could, particularly when carving the turkey.
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"O" is orthodox
« Reply #5268 on: July 30, 2006, 07:48:18 pm »
Ennis, and then Jack, chose the safe, orthodox route through life.  A wife, kid(s) and a bit of a job.  The fishing came later.
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"P" is propensity
« Reply #5269 on: July 30, 2006, 07:49:15 pm »
...his yearning for low-paid, long-houred ranch work, his propensity to roll to the wall and sleep as soon as he hit the bed, his failure to look for a decent permanent job.......  (From the short story's list of reasons why Alma divorced Ennis)