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• The word "politics" is derived from the word "poly", meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.
  -- Larry Hardima...
• politics, n: From the Latin 'poly', meaning many, and 'tic', meaning little bloodsucking insects.
• Politics: n. from Greek; "poli"-many; "tics"-ugly, bloodsucking parasites.
• I looked up the word "politics" in the dictionary and it's actually a combination of two word
  poli," which means many, and "tics," which means bloodsuckers. -- Jay Leno...
• Love is a word, a word with a meaning, but just a word.
• The meaning of a word is what is explained by the explanation of the meaning.
  -- Ludwig Wittgenstein, "Philosophical Investigatio...
• ZIGZAG, v.t. To move forward uncertainly, from side to side, as one carrying the white man's burden.
  (From _zed_, _z_, and _jag_, an Icelandic word of unknown meaning....
• Eggnog is a traditional holiday drink invented by the English.
  Many people wonder where the word eggnog comes from....