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Hey, Grapho! does this apply to you?
Date: Tue Dec 5 00:01:11 EST 2000
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--gnathonic
gnathonic (na-THON-ik) adjective
Sycophantic; fawning.
[From Latin gnathonicus, derivative of Gnathon- (stem of Gnatho) name of a sycophantic character in the Roman comedy Eunuchus by Terence.]
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Thank you, Bill, I haven't laughed so hard since the last millennium. A touch, I do declare. [fanning hisself]
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Carpal Tunnel
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Made me grin, it did!  Lucky I wasn't sipping my coffee as I read it...
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Lucky I wasn't sipping my coffee as I read it...I wasn't so lucky! That's hilarious, Dr Bill... 
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There is a helluva lot of coffee sipped around this place and a helluva lot of it is spewed out. Bunch of gargoyles. (cross-thread ref. from this morning's looking around below the equator.)
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Zing!
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