What do they call that thing???

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  1. Volpone

    Volpone Zombie Hunter

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    OK.

    You have the master and the pupil, or the teacher and the student. There's some other word for someone you've taken under your wing and are grooming and developing. (No, it is not "disciple", or "grasshopper". And if you say "padawan" I will thwack you upside the head.) "This is my..." It's not "prodigy", is it? :unsure:
  2. Volpone

    Volpone Zombie Hunter

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    PROTEGE! "This is my PROTEGE"!

    (I'm writing something on mentoring and I absolutely hate the word "mentee". :garamet: )
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    Techman Still smilin' Deceased Member

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    Mentee?

    Isn't that a herd of Manatees? :unsure:
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  4. Volpone

    Volpone Zombie Hunter

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    That may just be. I think the proper term for a person receiving mentoring is a "mento". :unsure:
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    Dr. Drake Ramoray 1 minute, 42.1 seconds baby!

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    :nono: This is a Mento. :yes:
  6. foil1212

    foil1212 Jose "Mom Fan" Alvarez Staff Member Moderator

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    apprentice?
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    Grammour Boy All The Children Are Insane!!

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    I'm gonna say protégé!
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  9. Forbin

    Forbin Do you feel fluffy, punk?

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    Croney. Sidekick. Stooge. Piss boy...
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  10. Tex

    Tex Forge or die. Administrator Formerly Important

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    Manatee...
  11. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    I was going to reply just to the title, and say "that's called your penis, Volpone. it's your little lemonaide fireman".

    But then I thought maybe the actual topic would disrupt the joke, but then it occured to me I should start calling my pecker "my protegee", and I laughed myself into a choking fit.
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  12. Tex

    Tex Forge or die. Administrator Formerly Important

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    Perhaps you should try being his protegee... see how things go for a while, maybe you'll get laid.
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    What is a slave Alex? :lol:
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  14. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    If I wanted to be someone's member, I wouldn't have devoured my conjoined twin. :garamet:
  15. Volpone

    Volpone Zombie Hunter

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    :rofl: That could be the most brilliant pick-up line ever! "Would you like to meet my mentor?" :lol: "If you'd like, he could probably mentor you as well..."
  16. Nautica

    Nautica Probably a Dual

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    No, this is...Mentos
  17. CheekyMonkey

    CheekyMonkey Fresh Meat

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    sorry to be the french grammar police, and all, but if you're going to refer to your pecker as your protegée, people might wonder why you're assigning it the feminine gender.
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