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Originally Posted By: tsuwmand then there's this:
the worthless word for the day is: slubber
[prob. from obsolete Dutch slubberen]
1) dialect chiefly English : stain, sully
2) to perform in a slipshod fashion, do carelessly
(cf. slubberdegullion)
"Slubber not business for my sake, Bassanio.."
- W. Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
"You must therefore be content to slubber the
gloss of your new fortunes with this more stubborn
and boisterous expedition."
- W.S., Othello
"..the parking lot had been empty when he
arrived, and except for a chubby, amoebic-looking
family who slubbered in and out of a van.. nobody
but he had stayed for more than two nights."
- Jon Fasman, The Geographer's Library
Gee, I guess these are going to become a daily treat - won't
have to go to tsuwm's site any more.
http://home.comcast.net/~wwftd/
unless, of course, the word there differs from the one posted here. Then we can be treated to two wwftd's.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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