somewhat odd headline

David A. Daniel dad at POKERWIZ.COM
Thu Oct 20 14:54:36 UTC 2011


What, you don't wear socks?
DAD

Poster:       Jesse Sheidlower <jester at PANIX.COM>
Subject:      Re: somewhat odd headline
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On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:44:47AM -0400, Laurence Horn wrote:
> Muammar Gaddafi Killed, Captured In Sirte: Reports
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> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/20/muammar-gaddafi-killed_n_1021462.html
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> Well, it does make the capture easier…

We should celebrate this. It's not very often one gets to use the term
"hysteron-proteron", after all.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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