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Larry's Pretty Good Word of the Day
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moai
moai
Apr
.
25th
,
2012
07:30 am
prettygoodword
moai
(MOH-ai) - n., any of the 887 large carved stone figures on Easter Island.
Wikipedia
has more. Plural identical. Name borrowed from Rupa Nui, the Polynesian language of Easter Island. As well it ought to have.
---L.
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2012-04-25 08:00 pm (UTC)
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The Red Meat comic strip
occasionally features Papa Moai
as a character.
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2012-04-25 08:50 pm (UTC)
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Heh -- I'd forgotten about him. Been a few years since I've seen a
Red Meat
strip.
---L.
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Date: 2012-04-25 08:50 pm (UTC)---L.