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It is?

Anyway.

Rumour: Latin, from "rumor", a noise, murmur. "Rumitare", to spread reports.
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To me, it is. It sounds conceited.
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Conceit: past participle of Old French, "concevoir", to conceve: Latin, "con", together, and "capere", to hold.
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how about lunch and dinner
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how about breakfast
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you take a fast break to eat
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sweet blasphemy my giving tree
it hasn't rained in years
i bring to you this sacrificial offering of virgin ears
leave it to me i remain free from all the comforts of home
and where that is i'm pleased as piss to say
i'll never really know
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Post by emily »

but i really want to know where lunch came from.
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sweet blasphemy my giving tree
it hasn't rained in years
i bring to you this sacrificial offering of virgin ears
leave it to me i remain free from all the comforts of home
and where that is i'm pleased as piss to say
i'll never really know
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