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Aug 24, 2022
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with Anu GargKing Kong
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
noun: Something or someone of great size, strength, etc. adjective: Huge. ETYMOLOGY:
After the title character of the 1933 film King Kong that depicts
a huge ape-like monster. Earliest documented use: 1933.
USAGE:
“I am getting a King Kong headache, and if it holds true to form, we
have about ten minutes to finish our business here, while I can still
think.” Christine Michels; A Season Of Miracles; Silhouette; 1998. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without
thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just
as our memory does. -Jorge Luis Borges, writer (24 Aug 1899-1986)
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