hackleschmackle

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Sat Jan 5 17:36:10 UTC 2008


At 1/4/2008 08:17 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:
>I understood it right away. 'Messed up', +/-. Maledited.

My similar understanding came from "hack" and "smack" -- and the reduplication.

Joel

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