Libido
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Libido
Interesting but logical path that this word took on its trip to English from Latin, where, if I understand it correctly, meant simply desire. Now it is relegated to specifically sexual desire. I think.
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Re: Libido
This was in a crossword puzzle I did yesterday. The clue?
"Screw driver".
"Screw driver".
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
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Re: Libido
Excellent crossword clue. Did you get it or did you have to wait for the published answer?
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Re: Libido
I got it by getting the words that crossed it. I also do them on my computer, so the answers are available should I have to. I almost never do, but some of the modern independent ones I download are so heavily based in cultures I know nothing about, I have to cheat at times.
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
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