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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Used by Private Eye to abruptly end over-running articles and rants – the magazine never ran to 94 pages.
Phrase
- Indicates that the text could continue indefinitely; and so on ad infinitum.
- 1996 August 24, Chris Whittington, “What I mean by solved”, in rec.games.chess.computer (Usenet):
- Yes the CIA has got a really big computer and lots of equations, and they screw up really well: Bay of Pigs, Vietnam, Iran, continued page 94.
- 1999 January 7, Tim Hall, “Just tell us... Gary Richardson”, in uk.media.radio.bbc-r4 (Usenet):
- While I have no interest in opera, fishing, the Church of England...(list continued page 94), I know that many other people do, and I tend to let them get on with it, without complaining about the "poisonous torrents" of things I don't like.
- 2001 March 20, Stephen, “Linham Strikes Again”, in uk.media.radio.archers (Usenet):
- Re-filming? When did that start? In my day we did it all in one take, with no chance of covering up embarrassing fluffs or other antics. But then Mr Gascoigne was _such_ a professional. Not like that journalist chappie that they have these days. Oh, and we had to win 3 times just to get through to the second round. Young people today just don't know they're (cont p.94)
- 2002 January 25, Alan Hope, “Space: The Line That Never Was But Should Have Been”, in misc.writing.screenplays (Usenet):
- Let's face it: a man whose snappy one-liners usually include the phrase "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah (continued on page 94)" isn't going to be giving Nora Ephron any sleepless nights.
- 2006 January 15, Ian Pace, “Mahler #6”, in rec.music.classical.recordings (Usenet):
- Predicted reply from David: 'Ian Pace, idealist that he is, uses terms like "imperialism" as reified concepts without giving any clear description of what he means. Just like "capitalism" or "fascism" or "truth". These are just free-floating concepts which have no basis in reality. I prefer to look at the reality of what's actually going on in the world. (rant continued on page 94)'
- 2015 February 2, Syd Rumpo, “Coming Out”, in uk.media.radio.archers (Usenet):
- Some people enjoy being hard done by, but are cursed by nothing much to complain about, so they're forced to invent things like how you're 'not allowed' to say 'queer' any more, but it's double standards because they use the word themselves and... (continued page 94)
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