Re: Verruca

On Tuesday 07 January 2003 9:30 pm, Nik Taylor wrote:
> James Landau wrote:
> > There is also a band named Veruca Salt (this being spelt with one R,
> > I'm SURE), further familiarizing the word (I've come across people who
> > have heard of the band, but had no idea where the name came from!)
>
> I'd initially interpreted it, when I first heard it, as "Baruk Assault",
> and wondered what "Baruk" meant.  :-)  Of course, when I found out what
> the name actually was, it still made no more sense to me.
>
> > they will usually just say "wart" in popular conversation;
> > "verruca" sounds like a scientific oddity.
>
> So, verruca = wart?  Or is it a type or wart, or what?
'tis a foot wart.