Recent interesting catchwords from the Double-Tongued Dictionary are:
Panamax n. a cargo ship built to be small enough to go through the Panama Canal.
pobber n. in West Africa, a policeman who robs people. Police + robber.
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Recent interesting catchwords from the Double-Tongued Dictionary are:
stewburner n. a person who works in a naval commissary.
computon n. in information technology, a measure of power or capacity of devices or systems such as storage, networks, or computer processors. The more common spelling is “computron.”
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