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Monday, 19 July 2010
Exulcerate
If something
exulcerates
you, it annoys you so much that it gives you an ulcer.
As Milton put it in
Samson Agonistes
:
Thoughts my tormentors..Exasperate, exulcerate, and raise Dire inflammation.
I just thought you ought to know.
An exulcerating young lady
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