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Word: scriblerus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Mitch disemboweling a culprit in print is a sight only brave readers should witness. "Some of the stuff we have to read causes cramps and vertigo," he mutters, warming himself up to a fine frenzy over "the works of Scriblerus X. Machina," as he dubs the bulletins from the chairman of the college's communications department, or perhaps the "feats of Clay," as he cruelly pun-points the communiqués of one Glassboro dean. "A detailed analysis," he worries out loud, "might well cause irreversible brain damage." But he risks it. One writer's offenses against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Glassboro, N.J.: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness | 1/29/1979 | See Source »

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