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Carpal Tunnel
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That's right, Dr. Bill. From Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities ( http://makeashorterlink.com/?G10856283): The term is derived, according to Philander (Comment. in Vitruv.), from basileuvV, a king, in reference to early times, when the chief magistrate administered the laws he made; but it is more immediately adopted from the Greeks of Athens, whose second archon was styled arcwn basileuvV, and the tribunal where he adjudicated stoa` basivleioV (Paus. i.3 §1; Demosth. c. Aristogeit. p776), the substantive aula or porticus in Latin being omitted for convenience. Bingley
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Pooh-Bah
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I suggest "bedaggled" be reserved for inside jobs.
I offer the following piece of Australian slang:
you're a dag....literally, you are like the shit on a sheeps bum, or (more friendly) you dress awfully, or friendly reproach.
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