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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."
—
EdRush
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