Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Today's word

flyblown \FLY-blohn\ - 1a. not pure : tainted  b. not bright and new : seedy  c. trite, hackneyed  2. infested with eggs or young larvae of a blowfly
If I'd heard this word before, I certainly didn't associate it with its etymology. Gross.
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