Birthday Dinner report
"ChattyCathy" > wrote
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> Starting to think that r.f.c. = rec.food.crèche
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Methinks you mean rec.food."kvetch". LOL LOL
: crèche
a.. Function: noun
a.. Etymology: French, from Old French creche manger, crib, of Germanic
origin; akin to Old High German krippa manger - more at crib
a.. Date: 1792
1 : a representation of the Nativity scene
2 : day nursery
3 : a foundling hospital
4 : a group of young animals (as penguins or bats) gathered in one place for
care and protection usually by one or more adults
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1kvetch
a.. Function: intransitive verb
a.. Etymology: Yiddish kvetshn, literally, to squeeze, pinch, from Middle
High German quetschen
a.. Date: circa 1952
: to complain habitually : gripe
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