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WORD FOR THE DAY

· Monday, June 16, 2003 · 1 comment

retromingent

\Re`tro*min”gent\, a. [Pref. retro- + L. mingens, p. pr. of mingere to urinate.] Organized so as to discharge the urine backward. — n. (Zo[“o]l.) An animal that discharges its urine backward.

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  1. Rodney Dill says:
    Monday, 16 June 2003 at 21:41

    I read it, and I still don’t know what it means!

    Why don’t you try easy words like copacetic?

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