Friday, September 24, 2010

Word of the Week! #2

APHAERESIS

1) leaving off the beginning of a word, used often by poets and hillbillies
- example: 'coon for racoon, 'nuf for enough, 'gain for again, 'mongst for amongst

2) extracting part of the blood from a sample and using it for something and putting the rest back in. Not sure what that's used for, but probably good to know.

FYI!

1 comment:

  1. Lol!!! :)) How the do you PRONOUNCE that?! Hm .. Could it be that you leave off the beginning of the word??? ;)

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