In article Elymd.10383$pP5.7716@trnddc05,
Mark Jerde wrote:
Larry Jaques wrote:

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* OPERA: A Latin word
* meaning
* "death by music"
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Sorry if this has been asked before. Where do you come up with these? They
nearly always make me chuckle.

Ah, all it takes is a good classical education. e.g. ---

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* EUREKA: Classical Greek word
* meaning
* "Damn, that bathwater is HOT!"
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