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A.Word.A.Day--scop Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio scop (shoap) noun An Old English poet or bard. [Old English.] "This scop is tight with tetrameter, but he's turned the meter upside down." David Weiss, Rapping scops, Parnassus: Poetry in Review, Jan 1, 1998. This week's theme: words that sprout other words when beheaded. X-Bonus Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst. -Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis)

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