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> I am seeking information on the proper use of a word. I have exhausted
>the dictionaries at home and found no help with online versions. In
>desperation I turn to the vast depository of English language knowledge
>that resides in the OM List.
> One of my children recently took a vocabulary test at school. The word in
>question is "dank". I don't know the exact wording of the sentence she used
>to demonstrate its usage, but something to the effect of "The weather is
>dank". The teacher subtracted points, writing in the margin that weather
>cannot be dank. This came as a surprise to me. Certainly other things can
>be dank: clammy hands, humid air, etc. I live in South Carolina where the
>weather is often dank. What am I missing here?
>
I usually use the word to describe conditions that are dark (such as heavy
overcast) and very humid.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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