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The Worm Has Turned

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worm grunting

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worm

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wooly booger

Posted by Grant Barrett on May 17, 2007 · Add Comment

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woolly-booger

Posted by Grant Barrett on May 17, 2007 · Add Comment

woolly-booger n. (also woolly-bugger) 1. (colloquial) the larval-stage insect known as the woolly worm or woolly bear; a fishing fly that resembles such an insect. 2. (in the American Southwest, slang) an extraordinary example of a thing. 3. (in Oklahoma and Louisiana, slang) provisions intended to be overlooked in legislation. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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castings

Posted by Grant Barrett on May 11, 2007 · Add Comment

castings n.pl.— «The worm’s waste materials, delicately referred to as “castings,” or, indelicately, as “poop,” are eaten by microbes and fungi, allowing them to grow and reproduce and sequester minerals from the soil.» —“Vessels of the Holy Spirit or Agents of Entropy?” by ArchaicFuturist Young Anabaptist Radicals May 11, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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