You notice how everything that ever "bodes" does so badly? "This doesn't bode well." "This bodes ill." I've never heard the phrase "this bodes well," not even sarcastically, I think.
So, given that "boding" seems to be an exclusively negative thing, why don't we all just save ourselves the extra word and say, "this bodes." Or perhaps, for the "stoner" version, "man, this totally bodes."
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from dictionary.com: (note the part near the middle)
bode1 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (bd)
v. bod·ed, bod·ing, bodes
v. tr.
To be an omen of: heavy seas that boded trouble for small craft.
Archaic. To predict; foretell.
v. intr.
To be an omen; portend: The peace accord bodes well for the city under siege.
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[Middle English boden, from Old English bodian, to announce. See bheudh- in Indo-European Roots.]
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this entry bodes well for the word bode?
- the mole
Mmm, I've heard "bodes well."
Hmmm.... I guess I've just been living in a "good bode free" zone, then.
That being said, I prefer to have things augur well for me, instead of bode.
The Omen III was a bad omen.
This post bodes chunks?
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