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Monday, April 26, 2010

Thusly Spoke Zarathustra

Fun word from a student's history paper: "thusly." According to the American Heritage Dictionary: "Thusly was introduced in the 19th century.... It appears to have first been used by humorists, who may have been echoing the speech of poorly educated people straining to sound stylish."

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