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Old 10-24-2016, 08:29 AM   #25
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Another fun word: ablutioner. From The Mikado by G&S.

"The Mikado's Lord High Executioner
Was rhymed with a new word: ablutioner.
When Gilbert thus wrote
This lexical mote,
Some called him a language dilutioner."
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