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Probably - for a new word to be accpeted thoroughly and legitimately, it needs a philologists stamp of approval.
Or isn't that t'what Bingley was alluding?
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What it means:
Speaking for our dear Gutter PolicePerson, to whom I owe a favor for pointing out my gutteral misinterpretation of today's Word, there are several beverages that were served to the steerage class passengers on the now defunct TransWorld Airlines' flights. These were TWA milk, TWA coffee and TWA tea.
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hahaha. You are a rascal.
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We are still waiting for your explanation of the poet's misunderstanding.
How the heck do I know? I reckon he ran in too genteel a circle to have heard the term; he was just too sweet and innocent--like thee and me.
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he was just too sweet and innocent--like thee and me.
Tee hee! [snickering-e]
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New Scientist for 2 March, OpinionFeedback,p.108:
".....Now we have the Meterological Offices Edinburgh division advertising online for "Climate Quality Controllers".
West Lothian reader Jim Bartholomew, who found this, says: "It's just the sort of thing we need up here in the middle of a dreich winter. .........."
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Dear Max: I could tell it meant unpleasant, but what are the specifications to the charge?
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Dear Max: "dreich" is not in several dictionaries I use. So perhaps "dialectic" might fit better than "slang".
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