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    • Sarahundefined
      Sarah
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      A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition,and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus.

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      • Sarahundefined
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        Stuff left behind, shit that no one wants. From Latin. Often used when the speaker expects that the listener won't know what the word means. This word is commonly used to describe the pile of bones and feathers that the hawk leaves behind after he eats the pigeon.

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        • Sarahundefined
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          A useless person, someone that fails to be good at necessarily anything. Trash.

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