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From: inc@fluke.UUCP (Gary Benson)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Yet Another holocaust Joke
Message-ID: <76@tpvax.fluke.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 15-Nov-83 12:33:38 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 15 12:33:38 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 17-Nov-83 23:31:00 EST
Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Everett, Wash
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*HOO, BOY!* That was a good one! Have you heard this one?

holocaust, n. [ME fr. OF holocauste, fr. LL holocaustum, fr. Gk holokauston,
neut. of holokaustos burnt whole. fr. hol- + kaustos burnt, fr.kaiein to
burn - more at CAUSTIC]
1: a burnt sacrifice : a sacrificial offering wholly consumed by fire 2: a
complete or thorough sacrifice or destruction esp. by fire <burned all his
books and paper in a giant ~> <thousands of enemy troops consumed in the ~
-Upton Sinclair> <an atomic global ~ -J.B. Conant> - holocaustic, adj.


<note to submitter of last holocaust: at first I disbelieved that you were
"not really flaming", but after reading that ^ , I saw your humor. Thanks.>


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Gary Benson
John Fluke Mfg. Co.
Everett, WA, USA