Notices by David Hunt (davehunt@social.mayfirst.org), page 23

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suffrage

/ˈsʌfrɪdʒ/
noun
mass noun The right to vote in political elections.

Origin
The modern sense of ‘right to vote’ was originally US (dating from the late 18th century).

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The phrase "universal suffrage" has the implication that we humans would be allowed to vote on any planet, not just our poorly maintained sphere.

Homemade pear iced tea with cinnamon, honey and star anise... #ohsoyummy

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argonaut

/ˈɑːɡ(ə)nɔːt/
noun
A small floating octopus, the female of which has webbed sail-like arms and secretes a thin coiled papery shell in which the eggs are laid.
Genus Argonauta, order Octopoda
Also called paper nautilus

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Here Jason was in his ignorance, thinking argonauts were some group of adventurous sailors out of ancient Greece. Instead he finds they are little octopus critters with a shell. [Wasn't there even a movie?]

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azimuth

/ˈazɪməθ/
noun
The direction of a celestial object from the observer, expressed as the angular distance from the north or south point of the horizon to the point at which a vertical circle passing through the object intersects the horizon.

Origin
from Arabic as-samt

Isaac Asimov explained how to set a telescope precisely using azimuth and altitude angles. Asimov made it easy. (In spite of that, nobody called him Isaac Azimuth.)

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shack

/ʃak/
noun
A roughly built hut or cabin.
verb
[no object]
shack up
informal
Move in or live with someone as a lover.

Origin
Late 19th century: perhaps from Mexican jacal, Nahuatl xacatli ‘wooden hut’. The early sense of the verb was ‘live in a shack’ (originally a US usage).

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A tiny house is generally built with care and precision, though its size might make you think it is just a shack.

Just heard a story about some rap musicians.

I wonder how it will wrap up.

Full of soup and a soft pretzel.
Next for a nap. I will rest well.
Baseball in the background.
No, don't turn up the TV sound.

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baseballs on the grass
kids run between the bases
little league's in play

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aginer
(also agginer, ag'in'er, aginner)

/əˈɡɪnə/
noun
US
informal
A person who is against something; a person having a habitually negative attitude; one who opposes any change as a matter of principle.

Origin
From agin, regional and colloquial variant of again + -er.

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I'm an aginer when it comes to social justice. I want perks for me and mine. If a program is designed to help "others", I am against it.

What kind of dream is a meme?
Could it just be a silent scream?
Or perhaps a tricky marketing scheme?
This rhyme has no other theme.

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