JEHU. To drive jehu-like; to drive furiously: from a king of Israel of that name, who was a famous charioteer, and mentioned as such in the Bible.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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1. Student 1 said how much she loved the #Poe stories we've read thus far this quarter ("Masque of the Red Death," "The Black Cat," "The Man of the Crowd").
2. Student 2 said he was excited to be writing an essay on how Poe's absurdism anticipated Camus' nihilism.
3. Student 3 wanted to hear more about why I thought transitions were so important to a successful argument.
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For the daytime folks. I was up in the late hours of the night and posted a poem about #CECOT and #HumanRights and taking action in the United States. I know, most people do not see poetry as a means of action, but some of us do, very much so.
Way’Of Transnational Penal Colony
https://subspacewagon.systems/wayof-transnational-penal-colony/
God said now is the time for upheaval.
https://www.tilley.blog/now-is-not-the-time-to-attempt-to-appeal-to-reason-god-said-now-is-the-time-for-upheaval/
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The Vulgar Tongue
Of Bookish Things
(((Cindy Weinstein)))
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