Hebrew kuf-peh-lamed KaPeL = fold; double; include
metathesizes to:
ploy (ploi) n.
a maneuver or stratagem to gain the advantage;
ruse; subterfuge; gambit.
[1475-85; earlier ploye = to bend < MF ployer
(Fr plier) < L plicare = to fold]
employ (em ploi') v. <-ployed, -ploy-ing,> n.
[1425-75; late ME < AF, MF emploier << L implicare
= to enfold (LL: to engage); see IMPLICATE]
J.L. Speranza: How much does a Gricean yearn?
izzy: About $10 an hour?
J.L.: That's an ode joke.
izzy: You're right. I owed you one.
izzy (doubled over :-)
izzy_cohen@bmc.com
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