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Which of these things doesn't belong?
Where did we get 'freshman' and 'sophomore'?
Some borrowed words don't get returned
Or, Why Pig Meat is Called 'Pork' and Cow Meat is Called 'Beef'
imbroglio "a public scandal"
spurious of a deceitful nature or quality
righteous We provide an assortment of definitions
Kafkaesque 'A nightmarish quality'
mike "microphone"
Name that government! Or something like that.
to suppress quietly or indirectly
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