Word of the Day for Monday, August 2, 2010
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spatchcock \SPACH-kok\, verb:
spatchcock \SPACH-kok\, verb:
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1. To insert or interpolate, esp. in a forced or incongruous manner.
1. To insert or interpolate, esp. in a forced or incongruous manner.
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noun:
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1. A fowl that has been dressed and split open for grilling.
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verb:
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1. To prepare and roast (a fowl) in this manner.
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In keeping with their promises to be the most transparent administration in history, the B.O. and his cronies have shown an ongoing propensity to spatchcock their bills into law on holiday weekends and Saturday nights!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Spatchcock is possibly an alteration of spitchcock, "an eel that is split, cut into pieces, and broiled or fried."
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