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  • Lacking a thumb. The word is derived from Latin murcus, "mutilated, truncated." It came to be applied to those who avoided military service by cutting off one of their thumbs.

    October 3, 2007

  • Dang, I would hate to be drafted... but that's a bit extreme.

    October 3, 2007

  • Plus, you'd never be able to makespacesbetweenwordswhenyoutype.

    October 3, 2007

  • Or hitchhike.

    October 3, 2007

  • Or--let it be said--do the hand jive.

    October 4, 2007

  • That would take some of the jive out of it, all right.

    October 4, 2007