Slang a la the NYT

[Wilson Gray]

[T]he word “dude” predates the Dude of “The Big Lebowski” fame by over 100
years.

http://goo.gl/sq2KHJ

It does?! For real?!!!

Lest anyone waste his running it down to me, no, I'm not serious. I'm
annoyed that someone can simply pull bullshit out his ass and get it
published in the NYT, even when it has nothing to do with politics.

Youneverknow.

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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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