Vorpal

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Slava
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Vorpal

Postby Slava » Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:22 pm

Definition: deadly
Etymology: created by Lewis Carroll to describe a sword

Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7)
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President Medvedev's juridical minions did indeed begin brandishing a vorpal sword of justice,
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1 ... 368146.htm

Pretty wild one to use in a foreign English-language newspaper. Who's going to be able to read the paper if you use big words?

Nice one, though.

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Postby gailr » Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:39 pm

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

Pretty wild one to use in a foreign English-language newspaper. Who's going to be able to read the paper if you use big words?

Not too mention, a rather sinister reference...


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