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A.Word.A.Day--slipslop Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio slipslop (SLIP-slop) noun 1. Trivial conversation or writing; twaddle. 2. Archaic. Unappetizing liquid or watery food; slops. [Reduplication of slop.] "(A) good many Russians still cling to this slipslop nurse for fear of finding disorders worse." Murray Kempton, Freedom Exceeds Nostalgia Russia, Newsday, 15 Dec 1993. This week's theme: reduplicatives. X-Bonus Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

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