jabberwocky

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The only use for this jabberwocky worthy of the rest of the book would be to cite it as an example of the crazy things the CIA was willing to pay money for in those days.

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  • Step by step Ruth retreated before him, and the long lash hissed and cracked. —  The Sound of Thunder
  • The only use for this jabberwocky worthy of the rest of the book would be to cite it as an example of the crazy things the CIA was willing to pay money for in those days. —  Armageddon Now?
  • But those winds were futile as a device for prying away such an inspissated couple for once they were together this man and woman babbled to each other a mutually pleasurable one word jabberwocky despite the fiercely driven rains, hail, and the flash flood at their feet. —  An Apostate: Nawin of Thais
  • Block quotes are useful for temporally disabling large areas of code, or describing the purpose of a function, or detailing the purpose and providing credits for the script itself. function whirlymajig (jabberwocky) {/* Here we take the jabberwocky and insert it in the gire-gimble, taking great care to observe the ipsum lorum! —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • */return (jabberwocky*2);} You should note that while comments are useful for maintaining the code, they are a liability itself in Javascript since they will be transmitted along with the code to each and every page load, which can create substantial bandwidth penalties and increase the load time of your page for users. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
 

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Etymologies (1)

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  1. After "Jabberwocky,” a nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll.
 

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