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Tolerance, Trousers, and Egyptian Bar Jokes
Leave a commentJuly 9, 2022 by libroshombre
International Tolerance Day won’t roll around until November 16, but it’s increasingly obvious we ought to celebrate “sympathy or …
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Peeves, Persiflage, and Portmanteaux
Leave a commentJune 18, 2022 by libroshombre
“Foist,” “to introduce surreptitiously,” is a word I like, perhaps because librarians enjoy foisting books and information, albeit overtly, …
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Breviloquence, Tosspots, and Uberty
Leave a commentJune 15, 2018 by libroshombre
My parents were children of the Great Depression, and, consequently, so was the vocabulary I inherited, complete with “mazuma” …
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Anu, Dana, and Nero
Leave a commentFebruary 5, 2018 by libroshombre
Today’s word, pneumooultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, came to my attention from A.Word.A.Day – “the most welcome mass email in cyberspace,” according to …
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Anu, Elmer, and Helen
Leave a commentJanuary 29, 2018 by libroshombre
Texas Monthly Magazine’s January Bum Steer awards are a New Year tradition in which the worst of the worst …
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Anu, Noah, and Beverly
Leave a commentDecember 2, 2016 by libroshombre
The term “culprit” has been on my mind since I lost most of a recent powerpoint presentation due to …
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