bad rap

[Wilson Gray]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 3:16 AM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> _Public seating in bad rapport_

IMO, this use of _rapport_ is, at best, an instance of poetic license.
Does that phrase have a meaning? Not as far as I can tell, even
assuming some kind of reference to segregated seating in the public
space.

But _rapport_ certainly rhymes with _the fore_.

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