# The jene se qua of uber alles is not sine qua non

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 26, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jene-se-qua-of-uber-alles-is-not-sine-qua-non/209672 "2003-10-26T16:23:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jene-se-qua-of-uber-alles-is-not-sine-qua-non/209672/21 "2004-02-19T00:45:06Z")

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Before I pick a nit, allow me to say great job, **cainxinth**!

Now for my nit, I propose that you replace the line:

aide de camp - The figure of a lamb bearing a cross; a symbol of Jesus Christ as the Lamb of GodWith the lines:

agnus dei - The figure of a lamb bearing a cross; a symbol of Jesus Christ as the Lamb of God  
aide de camp - An officer serving as an adjutant or aid to a more senior officerThere may be others, but that one jumped out at me.

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**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jene-se-qua-of-uber-alles-is-not-sine-qua-non/209672/22 "2004-02-19T02:49:05Z")

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a posteriori - with reference to one’s big butt  
a priori - anything by or about a well known black comedian  
ad hoc – one last entry in the spitting contest  
ad lib - instructions for a 70’s political platform  
al dente - a.k.a. “toothy Al”  
alter ego – “get over yourself!”  
annus horribilis - “That guy’s a terrible asshole.”  
au fait - French version of “ofay”  
bona fido - registered canine  
casus belly – Dr. Phil’s latest crusade  
con brie - With great cheese  
con moto – With a 30’s Japanese detective  
coupe de grace - Miss Slick’s car  
demi monde - Ashton Kutcher’s world  
ex tempura - Without shrimp  
faux Amy – pretending to be Amy  
gunga ho - Asian Indian prostitute  
oat cuisine - goes in the feedbag  
in loco parentis - In place of a crazy parent  
in medias race - In the middle of the Kentucky Derby  
in toto - suppository for Dorothy’s doggie  
lingua franca - used in “French” kissing  
pas de duh - two people stating the obvious  
prim Madonna - Not the pop star  
squid pro quo - tentacle for tentacle  
uber Alice – “Alice likes me on top”  
vice versa - sinful poetry  
Don’t be too hard on me. It’s a sickness. 🙂

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**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jene-se-qua-of-uber-alles-is-not-sine-qua-non/209672/23 "2004-02-19T04:26:36Z")

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ex parte endo- the party’s over  
pro boner- erection proponent  
e pluralbus unum- out of many buses, one  
in media rest- sleeping while watching TV  
alter ego- a priest’s high opinion of himself  
a capone- by your own machine gun  
agnus day- the day the lambs struck back  
heybeus corpus- Hey, be like us, dead person  
mass transit gloria mundi- thus passes my bus  
rigor morty- Morty’s dead

OK, I admit those were pretty lame.

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**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jene-se-qua-of-uber-alles-is-not-sine-qua-non/209672/24 "2004-02-19T07:13:29Z")

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> [@emekthian](#):
>
> ex parte endo- the party’s over  
> pro boner- erection proponent  
> e pluralbus unum- out of many buses, one  
> in media rest- sleeping while watching TV  
> alter ego- a priest’s high opinion of himself  
> a capone- by your own machine gun  
> agnus day- the day the lambs struck back  
> heybeus corpus- Hey, be like us, dead person  
> mass transit gloria mundi- thus passes my bus  
> rigor morty- Morty’s dead
> 
> OK, I admit those were pretty lame.

Not lame at all. . .pretty damn funny!

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