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Day / January 11, 2013

January 11, 2013

Surprising Change to the Dictionary…

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Lily: “Dad, did you know they removed a word from the dictionary this year?”

Me: “No, I didn’t. What was it?”

Lily, trying very hard not to smile: “Gullible.”

She laughed for about five minutes.

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