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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Solastalgia, happy sack, vein brother

Recent interesting catchwords from the Double-Tongued Dictionary are:

solastalgia n. a form of homesickness you get when you are still at home; feeling as though an environment has changed around you.

happy sack n. an air-sickness bag, the kind typically used on airplanes.

vein brother n. a man with which you get high on injected drugs, especially if you share a needle.

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