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Word 244: Spatchcock  

Likewise the mind: our meagre reasoning capacity is an afterthought, spatchcocked on to the ancestral systems that have the reins where practical decision-making is concerned.

spatchcock (v) 1: prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock; 2: interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story – Evolutionary Shortcomings

04.08.2008 klo 08:13

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