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Saturday, May 2, 2009
wondrous language
i learned a new word while watching jordanian tv this evening: "bawasir," meaning "hemorrhoid." it comes from the root "basara," meaning, "to scowl or frown."
it makes a certain intuitive sense, doesn't it?
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