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 Post subject: dictionary thesaurus thread
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ok I need a word that you use to call someone or something that has information/messages transmitted to it. like a medium or conducter. I feel like there is a mechanical word. its more specificic than prophet and it means to have the messages move into you. like you are a station. or something
yup i dont have a clue
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Those two girls looked like they could be quite the receptors.

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cant find it in a thesaurus and nope no ones got it
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Dev wrote:
ok I need a word that you use to call someone or something that has information/messages transmitted to it. like a medium or conducter. I feel like there is a mechanical word. its more specificic than prophet and it means to have the messages move into you. like you are a station. or something
yup i dont have a clue



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ejny wrote:
Dev wrote:
ok I need a word that you use to call someone or something that has information/messages transmitted to it. like a medium or conducter. I feel like there is a mechanical word. its more specificic than prophet and it means to have the messages move into you. like you are a station. or something
yup i dont have a clue



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Ooooh. Yep! I bet it's conduit.

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ejny wrote:
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ok I need a word that you use to call someone or something that has information/messages transmitted to it. like a medium or conducter. I feel like there is a mechanical word. its more specificic than prophet and it means to have the messages move into you. like you are a station. or something
yup i dont have a clue



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Ooooh. Yep! I bet it's conduit.

Though, I honestly hope it's gatekeeper.

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I really thought receptor would have been it.

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cutuphalfdead wrote:
I really thought receptor would have been it.

Me too. But then he said it wasn't. So, now I have to think it's conduit. And if it's not, I have to believe he's lying.

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durdencommatyler wrote:
ejny wrote:
Dev wrote:
ok I need a word that you use to call someone or something that has information/messages transmitted to it. like a medium or conducter. I feel like there is a mechanical word. its more specificic than prophet and it means to have the messages move into you. like you are a station. or something
yup i dont have a clue



conduit

Ooooh. Yep! I bet it's conduit.


ok I think I dig that but I am not totally sure if it's the right word or if there is another I had in mind.

thanks tho i do like conduit

think of a person as a message station. taking in things from satellites.
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That would be a receptor.

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Or a receiver. A receiver is something that takes in transmissions.

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