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January 08, 2004

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The outstanding success of yesterday's Word of the Day has lead to today's: "decrete", (1) the opposite of accrete; (2) the removal of Cretians from Crete; (3) synonym of excrete (e.g. this entry is decrete); (4) the basis of a bad pun, viz "Up decrete without a paddle."

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or decretion.....when you don't feel so happy

 posted by: CF on 01.08.04 at 06:40 PM [permalink]

Or what that little guy from Fantasy Island yells when he sees a resident of Crete...."De Crete! De Crete!"

 posted by: LeeAnn on 01.09.04 at 02:34 AM [permalink]




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