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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Wednesday Word: Lummox
lum
mox
|ˈləməks|
noun
informal
a clumsy,
stupid
person
:
watch it, you great lummox!
ORIGIN
early 19th cent.
: of unknown origin.
It's an old fashioned word, and I like it as a term of endearment--as in "lovable lummox."
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