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Old 04.09.2007, 10:18
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Re: Word of the day

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Curmudgeon: a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person.

Oooohhh, Cantankerous is also good.
This is a great thread Chemgoddess as I love our language. See this (earlier) thread:
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It certainly exists. It's all part of my private campaign to make use of little known / used words to prevent them dying out.
Found in the post "Whatever happened to literacy?" Started by Mark.

What about smatchet? "n. - a small, nasty person or a nasty child"

Found at:http://www.kokogiak.com/logolepsy/
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