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  1. Perthguy

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    I'm sure we had groups of people meeting before 2000. What did we call it then? Networking? Get togethers? Meetings? I can't remember.
     
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    Meetings. But that's a more formal term.

    I'm surprised it's so new myself. I expected to have found that it had been around much longer.

    Perhaps it was previously only used as a verb, with two separate words? And the single word meetup, used as a noun, is new? The spell checker in PropertyChat doesn't like it.
     
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    I recall the word Social bandied about but not sure that is the right word.
     
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    I still use vitamiser instead of blender. Blender seems American to me.
     
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    That's an interesting one. I've never used the word vitamiser. I didn't know a vitamiser was the same as a blender.
     
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    I use mix master for bench beaters too. Except my mix master is a Mix Master but my vitamiser is not a Vitamiser :D
     
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    This must be a Perth thing. I was pretty sure I was the only person that said vitamiser ;)
     
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    I'm from Adelaide! :eek::)

    But the most important question, is your blender a Vitamiser? :D
     
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    Yeah, my mum (also from SA) used to call it a vitamiser.
     
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    Of course not, it's a Thermomix ;)
     
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    I won't touch them. I refuse to buy a vitamiser that costs more than my car! :p
     
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