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To: Mechanicos
Impeach them...then hang them by the neck until they are dead, dead, dead!

Nothing worse than a corrupt jurist at the Supreme level.

This warms the cockles of my heart.

(What are "heart cockles", by the way?)

3 posted on 08/11/2018 6:17:58 AM PDT by OldSmaj (The only thing washed on a filthy liberal is their damned brains.)
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To: OldSmaj

The heart’s ventricles, it’s latin for cochleae.


6 posted on 08/11/2018 6:28:10 AM PDT by jonsie
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To: OldSmaj

English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First documented use in 1671. Corruption of Latin cochleae (“ventricles”) in cochleae cordis (“ventricles of the heart”).[1][2] Earlier attempt to explain the etymology no longer noted in reference works: Possibly due to resemblance of cockles to hearts.[2]

Verb[edit]
to warm the cockles of someone’s heart

(idiomatic) To provide happiness, to bring a deeply-felt contentment

Synonyms[edit]
(to provide happiness): warm someone’s heart
Related terms[edit]
heart-warming
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22 posted on 08/11/2018 10:19:42 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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