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#155889 02/19/06 04:08 PM
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Two really obscure expressions that not even the pundits at WordWizard are able to fathom

http://www.wordwizard.com/ch_forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18744


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Now, if I planned to enrich language with some new creations of mine in the hope of a modest participation in history, I would proceed just as you did .

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Perhaps interestingly, Lambda America manufactures AC/DC power supplies and rectifiers.

second result

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Peter: Yes, thanks, I had gone there. But 16 million hits....


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his name's not Peter.


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eta: Insel, then


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> his name's not Peter

salt of the earth, and seldom stoned

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shucks

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I don't know if this helps or not, but in the mid to late 70s and perhaps into the 80s, the Greek letter lambda was used as a symbol for gays.


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Quote:

... but in the mid to late 70s and perhaps into the 80s, ...




Perhaps even today... Lambda.org

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