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#171871 12/04/07 04:43 PM
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adscititious (ad-si-TISH-uhs) adjective

Derived from outside; external; additional.

Another Type-3 for which the Type-2 might be "extrinsic"; Laverne says it sounds like it should mean skeptical about hype


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"...Good old Biff."
"It won't last. It's a thoroughly adscititious
sobriquet."
"I shan't give you the satisfaction of asking you
what adscititious means."
"Irrelevant."
- Peter DeVries, Slouching Towards Kalamazoo


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