The woods are lovely, dope and dank
14 August 2016 - 02:00
Resident pedant Sue de Groot does a word tree Words, like babies, are conceived and born in all kinds of places. Some words can trace their ancestry back hundreds of years. Others are of unknown parentage. Some achieve renown; others languish in ignominy.Just like infants, words have no idea where the fates may lead them.
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