these words have meanings, too!

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I missed USUFRUCTS on the Daily 9s today on aerolith. I didn't know it as an 8 either, so I did some extensive research on the great inter-web to ascertain its meaning (as in, I read the first paragraph of the Wikipedia entry). Wouldn't you know, later this afternoon I was reading the conclusion of "Road to Los Angeles" by John Fante, and I came

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Mark Twain apparently also liked the word. I learned it while reading A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court where he seemed to use it every other page.

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Ah interesting. I was happy to see it once and knew what it meant within context. Every other page seems like a bit much!