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Wordy Thursday Word of the Day

Thursday July 3, 2008
The mythologically-themed word of the day is
Chimerical [ki-mer-i-kuhl] a mythological hybrid monster, especially one having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. Now, very unrealistic, fantastic.

Example: To get elected, politicians make chimerical promises to fix the [fill in the blank].

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