Feb 21, 2007 This week's theme

Porcine words to mark the Chinese new year



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pignus

epigamic

pigsney

epigeal

epigone



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pigsney pigsney (PIGZ-nee) noun 1. A sweetheart.

2. An eye, especially a small one. [From Middle English piggesnye (pig's eye).] -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "Piers lifted his head out of his nest again and asked, 'Was Ellis in a fight again?

'Hush, pigsney,' said Rose."

Margaret Frazer; The Servant's Tale; Berkeley Publishing; 1993. X-Bonus Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water. -Christopher Morley, writer (1890-1957)

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