03-05-2004, 02:20 PM
Quote:Originally posted by header
Quote:Originally posted by 60FeetUnderWater
Crackle, let's take a look at a dictionary.com entry, shall we?
Quote:mar·riage ( P ) Pronunciation Key (mrj)
n.
The legal union of a man and woman as husband and wife.
The state of being married; wedlock.
A common-law marriage.
A union between two persons having the customary but usually not the legal force of marriage: a same-sex marriage.
ahem...
AHEM. I bolded one section of the "marriage" definition for a reason; I felt that the rest of the definition was quite frankly...
Quote:an·ti·quat·ed ( P ) Pronunciation Key (nt-kwtd)
adj.
Too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; outmoded. See Synonyms at old.
Very old; aged: “The antiquated Earth, as one might say,/Beat like the heart of Man†(William Wordsworth).