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    Prediction: events before diction, like Writers Block

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    Blockage: To prevent, by word or deed, others knowing how old you are.

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    Geriatric: Too old to remember how you got this way.

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    Old: a shorter word for geriatric.

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    "I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
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    Sunset: A collection containing one of each of the following:. Red dwarf, yellow dwarf, white dwarf, brown dwarf, red giant, blue giant, supergiant, neutron star, pulsar.

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    Celestial: The part that’s not down to Earth.

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    Clouds: The part when one´s head usually is when it is not down to earth. It´s also the part where Microsoft insists that we keep all our archives.

    Archiv:
    "I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
    Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row

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    archive: An ancient edible species related to the shallot and leek.


    cacophony:

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    Cacophony: a melodical cough.

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    Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row

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    Melody: Harmony's annoying younger sister.

    Fiscal Deficit:

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    Fiscal Deficit: I suppose that´s what happens when the rulling forces of a country feel that they are short of cash.

    Taxes:
    "I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
    Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row

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    Oh dear, sorry Danik. Did I touch a nerve there?

    Taxes: A tool used by the ruling class to foster unequal wealth distribution.

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    No problem at all, Silas. It was just a pertinent association.

    Ruling class:
    "I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
    Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row

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    Ruling class: A special class in an elite school where future leaders go to network with each other.


    Quark:

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    Quark: 1-A successful crossing between yoghurt and cream cheese. 2-Successful nonsense.

    Network:
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    Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row

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