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Larry's Pretty Good Word of the Day
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Sep. 30th, 2010
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Sep. 30th, 2010
exsibilate
Sep
.
30th
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2010
07:14 am
exsibilate
(ek-SIB-uh-layt) - v., to reject with a hissing sound.
So the dictionaries say primly -- a more specific definition is to hiss off the stage. This reeks of being another colorful 19th century Americanism, but I can't prove it -- yet.
---L.
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