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Jan 7, 2010
This week's themeCovering the extremities This week's words cothurnal gauntlet buskin sock discalced May I make a link? Yes. You don't need anyone's permission to make a link to a site. Linking is what makes the Web work... more 
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PRONUNCIATION:
(sawk)
MEANING:
noun:
A light, low-heeled shoe worn by ancient Greek comic actors, and by
extension a comedy.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin soccus (slipper). Compare with buskin.
The term "sock and buskin" refers to the theatrical profession collectively.
USAGE:
"In both images, the face is obscured by a bulbous spherical helmet,
bearing a triangle in one photograph, a star in the other, a sinister
update to the sock and buskin masks of classical theatre."Works That Fizz With Unexpected Connections; The Herald (Glasgow, Scotland); Jul 27, 2007. See more usage examples of sock in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth. -Blaise Pascal, philosopher and mathematician (1623-1662)
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