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   Christian Weisgerber to Ross Clark   
   Re: To waffle, =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=98to?= w   
   25 Apr 24 14:05:43   
   
   From: naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
   On 2024-04-25, Ross Clark  wrote:   
      
   > AHD (American, ca.1970) has neither -- no verb "waffle".   
      
   AHD (5th ed., 2022) is online.   
   https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=waffle   
   1. To be unable to make a decision; waver   
   2. To speak or write evasively   
      
   > I can't make M-W work on this machine; so awaiting information on its   
   > current status in the USA,   
      
   M-W.com also lists both meanings.   
      
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   Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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