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#137068 01/13/2005 11:44 PM
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Just discovered this one.
To popple is to move the way something does on rough water. Up and down and tossed around.
I like it because it sounds right for the definition.


#137069 01/14/2005 12:01 AM
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Interesting, Zed. My uncle told me once that he and my aunt called poplar trees "popples" because of the way the wind made their leaves toss back and forth. But until now, I hadn't known it was a real word!


#137070 01/14/2005 11:43 PM
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Popples like bubbles bobble on the waves.

Great word, Zed.






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