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Wednesday, July 2, 2003

Don't Flaunt Your Tendency to Flout the Rules....

it might make you look silly. Here are a couple of words that are oh-so-frequently interchanged----incorrectly. Flaunt (pronounced "flawnt") means to ostentatiously display your behaviour, to show off. The little girl who has just gotten a new dress will show off, strutting about and making it... Sign in to see full entry.

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