Third Time's the Charm?

Elliott A Moreton elliott at linguist.umass.edu
Wed Jul 25 13:56:08 EDT 2001


> Elliott A Moreton commented, "It may even be a Stormy Petrel...." Err,
how is desuetude "one fond of strife" or "a harbinger of trouble"?
(Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary online)

Ahhhh!  See www.kith.org/logos/words/lower/c.html for the lowdown on 
Stormy Petrels.  In this case:

The only thing you can do with DESUETUDE is FALL INTO it.




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