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To: Protagoras
Close but no cigar.

One entry found for geek.

Main Entry: geek
Pronunciation: 'gEk
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from English dialect geek, geck fool, from Low German geck, from Middle Low German
1 : a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake
2:
a person often of an intellectual bent who is disapproved of
62 posted on 02/07/2005 12:12:53 PM PST by ladtx ( "Remember your regiment and follow your officers." Captain Charles May, 2d Dragoons, 9 May 1846)
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To: ladtx
Close but no cigar.

Close was all I was aiming for. Since I hit what I was aiming for, it was a direct hit. :^}

Seriously, I knew that, but expanded it just a tad to include other birds. I prefer canaries myself.

And I don't smoke cigars anymore.

63 posted on 02/07/2005 12:18:19 PM PST by Protagoras (Putting government in charge of morality is like putting pedophiles in charge of children.)
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