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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Lysdexia, rain garden, infant-mortality failure

Recent interesting catchwords from the Double-Tongued Dictionary are:

lysdexia n. a joking name for dyslexia, a learning disorder.

rain garden n. a piece of low, damp ground planted with vegetation that is suitable for rainwater that collects there.

infant-mortality failure n. a breakdown of a piece of machinery that is new or has recently been rebuilt.

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