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My word for the week is "economy", which is NOT, as many believe, short for "he conned me". No, the word economy is actually far more complex. First it refers to the sound you make when you look at your account balance, "Eek!" attached to the Latin root "onomy", meaning a traditional system of rules or laws. As in "taxonomy", the traditional system of taxation or "astronomy", the traditional system of asterisks.
You get the picture.
So, "economy" is the traditional system of expletives hurled when you balance your check book.
You can get a degree in it!

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