Vocab Wednesdays #43

February 8, 2017February 1, 2017 / Nandini Bharadwaj / 5 Comments

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saraletourneau

February 9, 2017 at 10:31 PM

Huh. Interesting. Because if a character tells another character, “I’m going to napoo you,” it doesn’t have quite the same effect as… well… XD (*blushes*)

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- Nandini Bharadwaj
  
  February 9, 2017 at 10:33 PM
  
  Haha, good point. 😂 It’s a military term, probably used for buildings and places I’m guessing.
  
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  - saraletourneau
    
    February 9, 2017 at 10:51 PM
    
    Yeah, I just looked it up on Merriam-Webster.com, and that was the connotation for the word. Still… *chuckles*
    
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athling2001

February 10, 2017 at 9:04 PM

Interesting word. I like it.

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- Nandini Bharadwaj
  
  February 10, 2017 at 9:06 PM
  
  Thank you. 🙂 It sounds quite silly to be a military word (imagine using that in a formal sentence), which makes me wonder about its origin.
  
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