[Ads-l] Fun with Wild Boars

[Laurence Horn]

I have, and even if it’s new a new word (it’s not in the OED, FWIW), I nominate “boarlet” for the either the new category of “Most Pleasantly Distracting Word of the Year” or that of “Word of the Year with the Most Surprisingly Adorable Denotation".


> On May 11, 2020, at 1:46 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Not meant for ADS-L, but enjoy.
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> JL
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> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 11:24 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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>> No kidding:
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>> https://uk.news.yahoo.com/wild-boarlets-born-donegal-believed-165700219.html
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>> Jon
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>> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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