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Essay:Best New Conservative Words (view source)
Revision as of 03:30, January 31, 2013
, 03:30, January 31, 2013→Conservative words and terms: boomerang not used as a verb until later in the 19th century
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|boomerang
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|originally coined to describe a throwing device that returns to the thrower, the term became increasingly useful to describe how wrongful conduct returns to bite the perpetrator
|originally coined to describe a throwing device that returns to the thrower, the term became increasingly useful to describe how wrongful conduct returns to bite the perpetrator
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