akilter

[Benjamin Barrett]

I love the "a kilter" explanation! BB

On Aug 25, 2008, at 7:21 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:

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> Just heard this:
>        It is clear to all of us that something is akilter in this
> great republic.
>        Jim Leach at the Democratic Convention, 2008-08-25, about
> 8:02 pm MDT
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> ~2330 raw googits after specifying "-kilt". Not in OED or M-W.
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> http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060808090327AAd2OH5
> Yahoo! Canada Answers - Is there such a word as AKILTER?
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> A: A kilter is two sepereate words and means all messed up or out of
> kilter.
>        Jules, Australia.

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