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#131935 08/22/04 10:29 AM
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We've all heard of St. Elmo's fire, right? Here's a new synonym (for me, at least): corposant.

More interesting, it comes from the Portuguese:

Etymology: Portuguese corpo-santo, literally, holy body

Heard of this term, AnnaS? Corposant ends to sound like "ant".



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Sounds like it should mean 'almost fat'.


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....ends to sound like "ant".

Uh-oh. Here we go again.





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