Word/typo of the year!

[Jonathan Lighter]

Not to be confused with contraduck tapes, used by modern fowlers in place of lung-powered birdcalls.

JL

Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU> wrote: ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------
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And the secret recordings of those transactions are contraduct tapes.

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 06:13:14 -0700
>From: Jonathan Lighter
>Subject: Re: Word/typo of the year!
>>
>_Contraduct_ v., To funnel to a rebel group, especially without knowledge of Congress:  Oliver North _contraducted_ arms-sale money to Nicaragua.
>
>JL

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