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law of the tongue

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  • noun Appropriate control of one's words.
  • noun An implicit agreement between whalers of Eden, Australia, and local orcas, in which the orcas would invite whalers on a whale hunt, in exchange for dibs on the catch, primarily the whale's tongue.

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