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Re:250,000 English words currently available as Twitter handles by joshu on Sunday April 21, 2013 @01:50AM (#5584014)
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all me leave events resources myself post status pages accounts positions discuss administrative remove root join session statistics phone friendship blocks focused links responsibilities administered explore suspended sessions receptors discusses characterization practised translate ensuring frontiers stationed industrialization telecommunications distinguishes occurrences condensed resembled rapidity legislatures misunderstanding gastrointestinal administering discharges ensued characterizes

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Re:250,000 English words currently available as Twitter handles by mintplant on Sunday April 21, 2013 @02:15AM (#5584057)
As someone who rather wanted @root, I can say that these are not all available.
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Re:250,000 English words currently available as Twitter handles by joshu on Sunday April 21, 2013 @04:00AM (#5584258)
Yep. I just sorted his list by something more reasonable than alpha.
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Re:250,000 English words currently available as Twitter handles by patmurraydev on Sunday April 21, 2013 @02:28AM (#5584079)
Most of these works appear to be unavailable or banned... Unfortunately.
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Re:250,000 English words currently available as Twitter handles by mryan on Sunday April 21, 2013 @04:30AM (#5584307)
Anything containing the substring "admin" is banned. Which is a PITA when you want to set up a Twitter account for a sysadmin book/service...
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