Sorry, you lose.I did think the hairy 1. hairy - Annoyingly complicated. "DWIM is incredibly hairy." 2. hairy - Incomprehensible. "DWIM is incredibly hairy." 3. hairy - Of people, high-powered, authoritative, rare, expert, and/or incomprehensible. crab was amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. , and I chuckled over the earthworm-eating and drop-down spider stories, although the "male spiders woo lifelessly life·less adj. 1. Having no life; inanimate. 2. Having lost life; dead. See Synonyms at dead. 3. Not inhabited by living beings; not capable of sustaining life. 4. " slipped right by ("Hairy crab lounges deep in the Pacific," "On a dare, teen advances medical science," "Device rids homes of sounds of rap," and "Wary male spiders woo lifelessly," SN: 4/1/06, p. 205). It wasn't until I passed the issue on to my husband that I noticed that the heading said "No Fooling" instead of "Of Note." So now, we have a $20 bet on the veracity veracity (v  ras´itē),n of these articles. Please tell me that you were pulling our (hairy) legs. DIAN D. REED, SOQUEL, CALIF. All the April I stories were authentic, although amusing. That's why we labeled them "No Fooling." --THE EDITORS |
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