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The subject of this thread is, What is Man?
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Hank
To: Hank Kerchief
Main Entry: zom·bie
Variant(s): also zom·bi /'zäm-bE/
Function: noun
Etymology: Louisiana Creole or Haitian Creole zõbi, of Bantu origin; akin to Kimbundu nzúmbe ghost
Date: circa 1871
1 usually zombi a : the supernatural power that according to voodoo belief may enter into and reanimate a dead body b : a will-less and speechless human in the West Indies capable only of automatic movement who is held to have died and been supernaturally reanimated
2 a : a person held to resemble the so-called walking dead; especially : AUTOMATON b : a person markedly strange in appearance or behavior
3 : a mixed drink made of several kinds of rum, liqueur, and fruit juice
- zom·bie·like /-bE-"lIk/ adjective
29 posted on
09/25/2003 5:49:53 PM PDT by
f.Christian
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To: Hank Kerchief
Man is the animal who can forsee his own demise.
43 posted on
09/26/2003 5:46:34 AM PDT by
Joe Brower
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