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A.Word.A.Day--tope tope (tope) verb tr., intr. To drink (liquor) habitually and copiously. [Of uncertain origin, perhaps from obsolete top (to drink) as in "top off".] tope (tope) noun A small shark with a long snout (Galeorhinus galeus). [Of unknown origin.] tope (tope) noun A usually dome-shaped monument built by Buddhists. Also known as a stupa. [From Hindi top, from Prakrit or Pali thupo, from Sanskrit stupa (head). Some pictures of, tope, the fish: www.first-nature.com/fishes/galeorhinus_galeus.htm tope, the building: www.buddhanet.net/sanchi.htm "There are the tope strategists, who chartered the brand's repositioning and the agency folks who turned out snappy creative, not to mention a cadre of bottlers pushing Sprite in the retail trenches." Karen Benezra, Brandweek's Marketers of the Year, Adweek (Dallas, Texas), Oct 20, 1997. This week's theme: words based on fish names. X-Bonus A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. -Walt Whitman, poet (1819-1892)

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