Tuesday, June 06, 2006

DEAD WORD OF THE DAY

empasm: in pharmacy, a powder sprinkled on the body to correct some ill smell.

(from The Word Museum by Jeffrey Kacirk)

Note: sounds like deodorant to me -- new marketing buzzphrase -- "Got Empasm?"
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What's a "bodoy"? :-)

9:05 PM
BoS said...

Ouch! It's an undercaffeinated typo. I fix him. Thanks.

7:48 AM

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