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papageno commented on the word chalcenterous
nice word.
December 13, 2006
sionnach commented on the word chalcenterous
having bowels of brass
January 12, 2008
chelster commented on the word chalcenterous
"One minor curiosity of the project was the discovery, against all expectations, that a few members of the Oxford English Dictionary staff had no stomach for the crudities of sexual and scatalogical vocabulary. I had assumed from the beginning that Homo lexicographicus was a chalcenterous species of mankind, that is, a person with bowels of brass." -- Robert Burchfield, Unlocking the English Language.
August 17, 2010
jmjarmstrong commented on the word chalcenterous
JM wonders what polish is used by chalcenterous folk?
February 16, 2011