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PICK OF THE WEEK: If you have ever wondered what 'roebuckers' are, or what it means if someone is 'fawnching' around your house, then you need to check out The Crude Texican Lexicon.

The Crude Texican Lexicon is a collection of phrases, most colourful and most not that polite, that are popular in Texas. Among the many are: 'That'd gag a maggot', which refers to something disgusting, and 'You buy 'em books, and you buy 'em books and they just chew on the covers', or some people just can't - or won't - learn.

The lexicon can be reached by gopher at wiretap.spies.com in the sub-menu Wiretap On-line Library ? Humor ? Everything Else ? Crude Texican Lexicon. By the way, 'roebuckers' are false teeth, and 'fawnching' is skulking.

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