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gambit
an opening move that involves some strategic sacrifice or concession, not a simple synonym for tactic or ploy.
(The Penguin Dictionary for Writers and Editors)
postprandial
occurring after a meal (via The Tin Man)
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
malthusianism
Based on the name "Thomas R. Malthus" who wrote on population control, saying that population increases geometrically while the food supply increases arithmetically. Sometimes cited as an argument for birth control and sodomy ("higher Malthusianism").
(Dictionary of Slang and Euphemism)
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Coin Locker Babies by Ryu Murakam
The woman pushed on the baby's stomach and sucked its penis into her mouth; it was thinner than the American menthols she smoked and a bit slimy, like raw fish.
Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
In 1517, Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, feeling great pity for the Indians who grew worn and lean in the drudging infernos of the Antillean gold mines, proposed to Emperor Charles V that Negroes be brought to the isles of the Caribbean, so that they might grow worn and lean in the drudging infernos of the Antillean gold mines.
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Cockney Jack
posted Thursday, March 13, 2003
Never'd a bird of tasty thyme Tang bear, four. Half a ewe? Pear's a trick pickled gumption. «
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