Smell our smog
Posted by pennock on 28 November 2013
Here is a joke from Viz Magazine
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- OED word of the day
- Pluviose n.OED Word of the Day: Pluviose, n. The fifth month of the French revolutionary calendar, beginning on 20, 21, or 22 January (depending on the year)
- frogpondian, n.OED Word of the Day on Edgar Allen Poe's 210th birthday: frogpondian, n. Poe's word for: an adherent of transcendentalism
- ranivorous adj.OED Word of the Day: ranivorous, adj. Of an animal, esp. a bird: that feeds on frogs
- quiddity n.OED Word of the Day: quiddity, n. The inherent nature or essence of a person or thing; what makes a thing what it is
- querulist n.OED Word of the Day: querulist, n. A person who complains, a complainer
- verbarian adj. and n.OED Word of the Day: verbarian, adj. Of or relating to words
- butterfingered adj.OED Word of the Day: butterfingered, adj. Having a tendency to let things fall or slip from one's hands; characterized by such clumsiness
- Pluviose n.