Definition: deadly
Etymology: created by Lewis Carroll to describe a sword
Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7)
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President Medvedev's juridical minions did indeed begin brandishing a vorpal sword of justice,
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1 ... 368146.htm
Pretty wild one to use in a foreign English-language newspaper. Who's going to be able to read the paper if you use big words?
Nice one, though.
Vorpal
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
Not too mention, a rather sinister reference...
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
Pretty wild one to use in a foreign English-language newspaper. Who's going to be able to read the paper if you use big words?
Not too mention, a rather sinister reference...
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