Look: I am eager to learn stuff I don't know--which requires actively courting and posting smart disagreement.

But as you will understand, I don't like to post things that mischaracterize and are aimed to mislead.

-- Brad Delong

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Friday, February 17, 2012

What the Hell?!? Friday - Vocabulary

Sometimes I get confused by similar sounding words, like defalcation and . . . well, never mind.

So, to help avoid that kind of problem, here is clarification on today's pair of near-homophones (not to be confused with, frex, Rick Santorum.)

Predator (n) An animal that eats other animals.

Predater (n) Someone who knew (so to speak) your significant other before you did.

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