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rot 1. the process of rotting or the state of being rotten 2. something decomposed, disintegrated, or degenerate 3. short for dry rot 4. Pathol any putrefactive decomposition of tissues 5. Vet science a contagious fungal disease of the feet of sheep characterized by inflammation, swelling, a foul-smelling discharge, and lameness rot [rät] (materials) (plant pathology) Any plant disease characterized by breakdown and decay of plant tissue. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They're relentless women, Jack, he would say, and they don't take guff from anybody for all they are so tiny and smile so polite. When he got scared, he sponsored the Social Security Guarantee Act--a mash note of bureaucratic guff that issued "benefit guarantee certificates" to reassure seniors they would get their payouts--which nonetheless allowed Santorum to claim he was protecting the creaking benefits system against any and all changes. Indeed, in an early story, "Novelty," a writer pitches an idea to his wary publisher: he proposes to write "a sort of a Catholic novel," but not the tired stuff about "the nuns, the weird rules, all that decayed scholastic guff. |
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