rump

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yahoo! News:

"According to the separatists currently holding control of the Ukrainian
town of Slovyansk, the observers were thought to be NATO spies. The
self-proclaimed mayor of the rump city added:..."

Seems like it's supposed to mean "separatist" or something. Hey! Maybe it's
"divided!"

But who cares, right? It's only a word.

JL

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