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Month: November 2007


  • Panamax, pobber

    Recent interesting catchwords from the Double-Tongued Dictionary are: Panamax n. a cargo ship built to be small enough to go through the Panama Canal. pobber n. in West Africa, a policeman who robs people. Police + robber.

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  • Nonprofit Foundation To Save Word ‘Schmuck’

    The Onion: Mel Brooks Starts Nonprofit Foundation To Save Word ‘Schmuck’. Saying he could no longer stand idly by while a vital part of American culture is lost forever, activist and Broadway producer Mel Brooks has founded a private nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the word “schmuck.”

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  • Stewburner, computon

    Recent interesting catchwords from the Double-Tongued Dictionary are: stewburner n. a person who works in a naval commissary. computon n. in information technology, a measure of power or capacity of devices or systems such as storage, networks, or computer processors. The more common spelling is “computron.”

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