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Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment
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capricious
subject to acting on a whim
Caillou Bay
You can see a map of southern Louisiana here.
Cajun
a French-speaking people dwelling in the woods of Louisiana, having emigrated there from French Canada two hundred years ago
Taurus PT9
You can see this pistol here.
unsafetied
The gun's safety is off.
longshoremen
Dock workers who load and unload ships.
caricaturesque
pertaining to a depiction of someone that exaggerates certain facial or bodily characteristics
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subsumption
the act of placing something under a more comprehensive category
rôle
This is how we used to spell "role" in English and how it's still spelled in French.
Edmonton
the capital of Alberta
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malice
desire to do harm
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vacuous
lacking in ideas or intelligence
Maxwell House
a brand of coffee
M. Kemp
as in Monsieur Kemp, i.e., Jack Kemp, implying he was assassinated with a bomb in his house
Very Large Satan
or "Great Satan," if you will
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utilitaire
utilitarian, i.e., providing the greatest good for the greatest number
Comme on dit
French: Like they say
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chasm
a gorge or deep cleft in the earth's surface
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Habitant soup aux pois
Habitant is Québecois French for "farmer," though it seems like a brand name here. Soup aux pois is pea soup, very popular in Québec.
parodically
in a sarcastic or mocking way
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Safeway
a chain of supermarkets
burrs
protruding, ragged edges
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ami
French: friend
un autre
an other, i.e., an outsider
supine
on one's back
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ponderous
awkward or unwieldy
Endnote 173
Endnote 304
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Veuillez Recycler Ce Contenant
French: Please Recycle This Container
en ce moment
French: at this moment
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D'éclaisant
not a real French word
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Entre nous
French: Between us
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