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hiromichi
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 Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:58 pm Post subject: lagniappe |
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What does "a limber" in the explanation below mean?
"We picked up one excellent word," wrote Mark Twain in Life on the Mississippi (1883), "a word worth traveling to New Orleans to get; a nice limber, expressive, handy word—'lagniappe'
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Kristea
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Hey -
"Limber" means flexible. So, for me, a "limber word" is a word that can be used in many situations. (The joke here is the word Twain learned was odd and probably not "limber.")
- Kristi
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hiromichi
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Kristi, I got it. Thank you again.
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