willowwacks

Oct. 7th, 2011 07:11 am
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willowwacks (WIL-oh-waks) - n., (New Eng.) a wooded, uninhabited area.


Note the rare sighting in the wild of a double double-u. Origin uncertain, but clearly there's a willow tree in there somewhere.

---L.

Date: 2011-10-07 02:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] calenorn.livejournal.com
Quadruple-U?

Date: 2011-10-07 05:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com
Imagine it in Elizabethan typography: vvillovvvvacks

---L.

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