"Vacate,' v = "vacation," v?

Fri Feb 3 20:50:40 UTC 2006

A little voice tells me he meant "go away" for a while.  When a place is vacated, the people go away.

  JL

Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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Heard in passing (black male ca.25 years old):

"I got laid off, so I though that I would just vacate for a while."

It could have been that he was shooting for "vegetate" and missed, but
I very much doubt it.

-Wilson Gray

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