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| - | '''hurricane''' ''n.'' '''1.''' A cleansing device manifested through the agent of a tropical cyclone, with manifestly dangerous winds and the redistribution of water. | + | [[Category:Glossary]]__NOTOC__ |
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| + | '''hurricane''' ''n.'' '''1.''' A cleansing device manifested through the agent of a tropical cyclone, with manifestly dangerous winds and the redistribution of water. '''2.''' A popular drink on Bourbon Street of (Old) New Orleans. '''3.''' A boxer [[Frame job|framed]] for murder in the '60s (Rubin "Hurricane" Carter). | ||
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| + | == Usage == | ||
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| + | "''One suspects the Hurricane will not be served in New Orleans again; at least not without a certain sense of irony, though that good old fashion fatalistic hedonism may someday take hold again....''" -- Wolf Blitzer, trying to be cute while discussing Pat O'Brien's, a New Orleans bar that specialized in a drink name the Hurricane. | ||
| == See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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| + | * [[Argy Boy]] | ||
| + | * [[Eye]] | ||
| * [[Mithra]] | * [[Mithra]] | ||
| * [[Ritual Murder]] | * [[Ritual Murder]] | ||
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| + | [[Image:1027 eel sm.jpg|thumb|center|Hurricanes are fond of putting eels in trees.]] | ||
| + | == Desiderata == | ||
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| + | ''According to'' to the Timucuan tribe of Central Florida, the hurricane is a result of a grudge borne by the wind against a palm tree who had mocked it. | ||
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| + | ''Others blaim the Hurricane'' on whitey. | ||
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hurricane n. 1. A cleansing device manifested through the agent of a tropical cyclone, with manifestly dangerous winds and the redistribution of water. 2. A popular drink on Bourbon Street of (Old) New Orleans. 3. A boxer framed for murder in the '60s (Rubin "Hurricane" Carter). [edit] Usage"One suspects the Hurricane will not be served in New Orleans again; at least not without a certain sense of irony, though that good old fashion fatalistic hedonism may someday take hold again...." -- Wolf Blitzer, trying to be cute while discussing Pat O'Brien's, a New Orleans bar that specialized in a drink name the Hurricane. [edit] See Also |
 [edit] DesiderataAccording to to the Timucuan tribe of Central Florida, the hurricane is a result of a grudge borne by the wind against a palm tree who had mocked it. Others blaim the Hurricane on whitey. |
