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Drygleaning

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

Word mashups are all the rage: craptastic. ginormous. wiktionary.

In spite of the richness of the English language, people are plugging its holes in fun and inventive ways. My new favorite? Drygleaning: picking through the dirty laundry for something clean enough to wear (Every one does this, right?).

Word Fugatives is a whole book full of these […]

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