propulse and ink (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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> The OED does not (yet) have the verb "ink" as intransitive, but
> Natalie's use is not far from "1. a. trans. To mark, stain, or smear
> with or as with ink."
>
> Joel

There is a line in the Pixar movie "Finding Nemo" where an juvenile
octopus is startled and squirts ink.  He says, "Ooh, you made me ink!".
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