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Abridge
by J. R. Practix Abridge: (v.): 1. to shorten (a book, movie, text or speech) without losing the sense. 2. curtail: Even the right to free speech can be abridged. This happened to me several months...
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Anno Domini — AD
Words from Dic(tionary) by J. R. Practix Anno Domini A.D. (Abbr.) :In a specified year of the Christian era; “in the year of Our Lord” I think the closest I ever came was when the town council of my...
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Blasphemy
Blasphemy: (n) the offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things Sometimes I allow my idealism to take over the steering wheel and drive me to places of hope. Generally speaking, there...
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Chat
Chat: (v) to talk in a friendly and informal way. To me, “chat” always seemed like a shortened version of another word. But it isn’t. I thought maybe it was short for “Chatterley.” But that was some...
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Cheek
Cheek: (n) either side of the face below the eye. To write or not to write–there is the question. As a scribbler of ideas, my “ham” needs to be “let” out at just the right time. Should I talk about...
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Clerk
Clerk: (n) a person employed to take care of routine activities I am not completely ignorant. I do understand that rules are necessary. Without established guidelines, we have many people trying to...
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