Re: They Have a Word for It!

On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, John Cowan wrote:

> Yoon Ha Lee scripsit:
>
> > hakamaroo: outrageously aggressive borrowing behavior (Pascuense, Easter
> > Island)
>
> Better: "borrowing things without the intention of returning them, as a
> malicious act."
>
> This is my #1 favorite word from this book.
I'll remember your definition; it fits the description of the behavior
better.  :-)

I'm going to have to contrive some way to use it in email to my
anthropology major who's at Easter Island on a grant from Cornell to
study the culture there.  :-)  Neat stuff.

YHL

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