Not a pleasant concept to read about. But it does happen.
I too misread the word at first. Interesting New Yorker
story.
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- Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:47 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: AUTOTOMY
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- Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:45 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: DEGRINGOLADE
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- Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:41 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: SQUALID
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Squalid politicians. Thought of this, too, upon reading today's email for word of the day. Getting more and more so. Squalid fish: there used to be a fish market here, when, as a boy, I went in with my grandmother. I absolutely detested that trek to the market. But she always made me go, to carry th...
- Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:38 pm
- Forum: WELCOME HOME!
- Topic: Latin's descendants
- Replies: 115
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- Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:35 pm
- Forum: Site News
- Topic: HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN SLANG
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- Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:31 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: sockdolager
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- Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:29 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: sockdolager
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Here's a cute word: (from YourDictionary word of day): GALIMATIAS Gibberish, foolish talk; unintelligible speech. Usage: The world galimatias, which itself sounds unintelligible, simply means unintelligible speech. It can be used in reference to speaking gibberish (or “gobbledygook”), although it is...
- Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:24 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: BECK
- Replies: 17
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- Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:22 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: plenipotentiary
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9767
- Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:20 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: sockdolager
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11155
- Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:17 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: clinquant
- Replies: 9
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- Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:16 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: clinquant
- Replies: 9
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Re: clinquant
Very true! I forgot about how some of the fruit and nut tree growers out here in my area of California use a certain type of tinsel to keep the scavenging birds away as well.
Wow, this whole concept is new to me. Thanks.
- Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:15 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Snow
- Replies: 5
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- Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:11 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: BECK
- Replies: 17
- Views: 23944
- Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:05 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Snow
- Replies: 5
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