Thursday, May 13, 2010


Word of the Day for Thursday, May 13, 2010
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afterclap \AF-ter-klap\, noun:
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An unexpected, often unpleasant sequel to a matter that had been considered closed.
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Those that voted for the B.O. are now bewailing the afterclap of socialist-Marxist driven legislation!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Although it is the combination of two common English words, afterclap mostly found use in a literary context until early American writers made the term more popular.

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