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muckefuck ([personal profile] muckefuck) wrote2003-12-03 09:58 am

Word of the day

kwashiorkor

I suspect one or two of you knew this one already, but it was new to me.

[identity profile] bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com 2003-12-03 08:26 am (UTC)(link)
I remember reading about hippies in the 70s who ate only "fruit that the plant had willingly given up" (windfall and rot, in other words) ... and raising kids on this diet.