rout = 'complete and decisive victory'

[Robin Hamilton]

> (You know, the more I look at the simple word "rout," the weirder it
> seems. It's just a weird word. When I was five, I got hung up on the word
> "glue": it just seemed very, very strange _per se_.  Even creepy.  But
> definitely not eerie.)
>
> JL

You mean that "glue" gave you the boke, but that the CNN (mis)use of "rout"
garred ye grue?

Robin

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