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ordrd
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2. ESCAPE
capture,
maintenance,
stay
ordrd
Houdini, escape,
keyboard, prison
WordWord
1200s...leaving a
pursuer with your
cape
Used as a mental state
in 1853. Escape clause
in 1945.
narrow escape, by the skin
of their teeth, it escapes me,
fly the coop
“We feel free when
we escape, even if it
be from the frying
pan to the fire.”
Eric Hoffer
from pursuers,
from myself, from
confinement,
from “the rules”
Ex. “The desire for
this escape is a
healthy one
3. What word should I choose?
meh
n00b
twerk
slang
hacker
nag
hater
contentious
justice
freedom
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big ideas
drone
surveillance
Obamacare
words in the
news
hunger
fire
Nature
multiple
meanings
educated
fitness
birthday
Connection to
my life
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the word is not)
ordrd
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Etymology: Where
does the word Come
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word changed over
time?
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word
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there different
types of this
word?
Usage: How do/
should we use it?