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October 1, 2018October 1, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Prophylactic

(Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel
comic strips, comics, Frazz, humor, Jef Mallett, vocabulary
37 Comments

I’m guessing that’s not part of any second grade vocabulary unit.

And if it were, the girl using it in this manner probably wouldn’t intimidate the teacher out of teaching it.

August 23, 2018August 21, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Today’s Vocabulary Lesson

I looked it up so now you don't have to
Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Cornered, humor, Mike Baldwin, vocabulary
10 Comments

measly

Mitch4: I didn’t know until an advanced age that “measly” was connected with the disease measles! (Nor the connection between “lousy” and lice!)

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