netherworld

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Never would I join the fray. .it's more entertaining from here. .especially the jousts with the netherworld, and global warming types ..

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  1. noun The world of the dead.
  2. noun The part of society engaged in crime and vice: "In this black-white nether world, nobody judged the customers” (Malcolm X).

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  • Its main body hung in the opening, gray and glistening, like a netherworld slug, striped in slashes of black and red. —  Witch Gate.htm
  • They found another way out of the netherworld, avoiding the lurking dragon, and trekked south along the east coast of Xanth. —  Ogre Ogre
  • Although it didn't seem likely you could pick up mildew in a place that was as hot as the netherworld was rumored to be. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 05 - May 2000
  • "I sure hope we can work this out We have a saying in the netherworld," Shug Nrgyzb told him. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 05 - May 2000
  • Aydrian held up a soul stone and fell into it, bringing forth the energies of the netherworld, and all the room was bathed in shadow, a blackish blue glow that emanated from his hand. —  IMMORTALIS
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