Linguistic Quandry Number One

The opposite of egest is ingest though that of excess ain't incest

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Date: 2/14/2023 5:58:00 PM

No Question about it!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/14/2023 6:14:00 PM

I have no questions about incest either, by the way...

Date: 2/14/2023 4:08:00 PM

I used to do everything to excess, now…? Quite the opposite… phew!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/14/2023 6:31:00 PM

I still eat to excess... Oy!

Date: 2/13/2023 10:55:00 AM

Well, gee, G...this delightful piece is excessively easy to ingest.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/13/2023 6:38:00 PM

No indigestion with this one, Jim. Put the Alka-Seltzer away!

Date: 2/13/2023 8:38:00 AM

LOL…still in excess could be incest…yuck

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/13/2023 6:40:00 PM

'Yuck' about sums it up. lol.

Date: 2/13/2023 4:59:00 AM

And might another exception be inception? Happy Monday!!!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/13/2023 6:43:00 PM

Oooh! Love the comment, Mike. ~ Two heads, four arms, six legs. I'm actually a 'catermander.'