ro
n.— «It’s guys like Foley who give gays a bum rap, despite the fact that the vast majority of predatory trolls are heterosexual. For all the Foleys out there, ‘ro or ‘mo, I’ll shorthand it for you: Keep your grubby paws, cyber or otherwise, off the youngsters.» —“Withering Glance: It’s guys like Foley who give gays a bum rap” by Rick Nelson, Claude Peck Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota) Oct. 13, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Carrie Ann and her cousin Danielle from Minneapolis, Minnesota, wonder about the pronunciation of the word rhetoric. Is the stress on the first syllable or the second? This is part of a complete episode.
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