Thread: Unusual or unfamilar word or phrase?
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Old 04-30-2009, 11:46 AM   #269
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Originally Posted by vivaldirules View Post
Actually, batrachomyomachia is based on the Latin root words batra, meaning mucus, and chomyo, meaning delightful or lovely, and machia meaning machine or automaton. Thus, the word batrachomyomachia, properly analyzed, refers to a machine which emits lovely phlegm - a Dalek! It's simple Latin, really.

You are ignoring rule #2: No Latin in silly threads. Second warning, VR.
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