Thursday, July 29, 2010


Word of the Day for Thursday, July 29, 2010
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busticate \BUHS-ti-keyt\, verb:
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To break into pieces.
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So, the question at hand is how do we busticate the behemoth government that the B.O. and his politburo are setting up?
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Busticate came into existence in the Northern United States during the 19th Century, as the common verb bust became wedded to the Latin root -icate. This phenomenon occurred across the U.S.; another example is the Southern coinage argufy.

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