For all Klingon fans, forwarded from my daughter: defies description

[Jonathan Lighter]

Seems pretty normal to me. But why isn't "ridiculant" in dictionaries?

JL

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:44 AM, James Smith <jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com>wrote:

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> http://theridiculant.metro.co.uk/2009/10/for-all-your-klingon-eminem-needs.html
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> > I don't really know eminem, so I don't think I can
> > fully appreciate it, but nonetheless, it is interesting.
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