From the site sited by Jon

[Wilson Gray]

"her hubby/baby daddy"


It's now necessary to specify whether a woman's husband is also the
father of her child?!

"Merciful speed!" (My parents and grandparents used this exclamation
to express surprise mingled with disgust, but I have no idea of its
meaning or origin.)
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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