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A.Word.A.Day--podsnap Podsnap (POD-snap) noun A person embodying insular complacency and self-satisfaction and refusal to face up to unpleasant facts. [The name of a character in Dickens's Our Mutual Friend.] 1960 Times 12 July 13/4 "There are too many Podsnaps of officialdom who treat atheletes and aficionados alike as noisy nuisances." This week's theme: Dickensian characters who became eponyms. X-Bonus Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except the best. -Henry Van Dyke

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