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#207407 09/28/2012 8:08 PM
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Enjoyed this week's verbs, some unfamiliar. Love the sound of "decorticate." No matter what it really means, I can't help thinking of the Red Queen, shouting "Off with his head!" "Decorticate, now!"??

junebh #207409 09/28/2012 11:53 PM
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Decorticate is what happens to you when you lose the Cortaca Jug after having won it in the previous year.

Faldage #207414 09/29/2012 8:57 AM
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laugh

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Originally Posted By: Faldage
Decorticate is what happens to you when you lose the Cortaca Jug after having won it in the previous year.


Do you have a picture of the thing?
The Wiki article does not.


----please, draw me a sheep----

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