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#124852 03/09/2004 2:11 AM
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Date: Sat Aug 19 00:25:06 EDT 1995
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--imago
ima.go n, pl imagoes or ima.gi.nes [NL, fr. L, image] (ca. 1797) 1: an
insect in its final, adult, sexually mature, and typically winged state 2: an
idealized mental image of another person or the self


#124853 03/11/2004 4:53 PM
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"idealized mental image of another person or the self"
cos when you see that idealized person you say to yourself "I'm a go meet him!"




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