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Word: impdiment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1989-1989
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...autobiography Self-Consciousness, Updike recounts his earliest memory of stuttering, when a bully nicknamed him "Ostrich." "[It was] a nickname I did not think I deserved," Updike writes, "and a fear of being misunderstood or mistaken for somebody else has accompanied the impdiment ever since...

Author: By Amy B. Shuffleton, | Title: Updike's Memoirs Take Life Seriously | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

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