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14 Aug 2017, 4:01 pm

subpellicular infraciliature https://www.britannica.com/science/protist/Means-of-locomotion#ref469941



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20 Sep 2017, 4:45 pm

Badelynge - a group of ducks on the ground.


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20 Sep 2017, 4:57 pm

"proletaires"

As in "putting on proletairs".

Bragging about, or trading on, a real, or imagined blue collar background.



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20 Sep 2017, 5:01 pm

Skeuomorph.

Something designed to look as though it does the job it is supposed to do.

-LegoMaster2149 (Written on September 20, 2017)