Feghoots site

[Jeff Prucher]

--- Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

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> Apparently, "feghoot" has become a generic term.
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> <http://www.awpi.com/Combs/Shaggy/index.html>
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> -Wilson Gray

I believe it has been for awhile now, in the sense that it doesn't necessarily
refer to stories featuring the eponymous hero, but this is the first time I've
ever seen it used in a non-science fiction context.

Jeff




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