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In Mexico they call them thangs "ruteras". They follow a set route, just like the buses and they fill them like a can of sardines , but they are somewhat quicker than the buses.
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angkot. Easily holds 10-15 people plus the driver
And from memory, will turn out to be one of the most *interesting rides of your life it's not like you need to hang on to anything, you're so squished in there's no room to move.
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How about scoash? Move over a scoash..just a little bit.
I recently heard that this word may have entered english from Korean -- and we are fortunate in that a Korean gentleman has recently joined us. soojin, can you help us here?
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galumph
waddle
scamper
ambulate (perambulate, circumambulate)
totter
patter
scramble
skedaddle
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gallumph
Is that really a word, or just another delightful Carrollian contrivance propagated by Walt Kelly (and others)?
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Scoash? I don¡¯t know. I have never heard of this before.
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Stick with us, soojin, and you will hear LOTS of things you have never heard before .
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I don't know. It's in M-W, though.
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Hop-scotching around is often used to imply 'jumping around erratically.'
And there's the saying that a good dancer can really polish the floor!"
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