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    Endeavor: A firm belonging to one Sisyphus.

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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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    Coronary: An early James Bond

    Ancillary

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    Ancillary: Ancient comic strips

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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. "
    Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row

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    Mediator: The middle man who takes bull from both sides and then faces their venom for life

    Fixing:
    Some of us laugh
    Some of us cry
    Some of us smoke
    Some of us lie
    But it's all just the way
    that we cope with our lives...

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    Mediator: The middle man who takes bull from both sides and then faces their venom for life

    Fixing:
    Some of us laugh
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    Fixing: intending to do, or being on the brink of doing, anything in the American South; e.g., "Oh, is it raining?" "No, but it's fixing to."


    Combustion

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    Combustion: Force (or eminence of it) that seems to beat work in international relations today.

    Diplomacy:
    "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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    Diplomacy: Telling people to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip. (Old joke).

    Free trade

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    I liked that one!

    Free trade: trade goods for free!

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    Goods: The sequel to bads, which were a complete ****-up.

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    Services: Grandma´s China collection

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    Underground: The place to which all quality music has been consigned in this age in which popular music sounds like the Emergency Broadcast System test signal.

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    Twerking: 1-The king of a misterious reign called Twer. 2-A dance similar to funk

    Derailment:
    "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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    Twerking: A dance move suggestive of ferking.

    Derailment: What should have kept that kid away from de gorilla.

    Airy fairy

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    Airy-Fairy: A derogatory term used mainly by the British to insult people who by definition do not have enough brains to be insulted.

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