rout = 'complete and decisive victory'

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yeah, just another weird I gotta dree.

JL

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Robin Hamilton <
robin.hamilton3 at virginmedia.com> wrote:

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