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Unusual U.K. place names29. _ Droitwich Spa

DROITWICH (SPA), Worcestershire

Famous for its salt

Romans named it Salinae

On River Salwarpe


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Requiescat in pace – RIP

My Desktop PC

Trip to computer heaven

Dying a slow death


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Obscure words explained 57. – chutzpah

CHUTZPAH

Show flagrant boldness

Audacious propaganda

telling barefaced lies


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Obscure words explained 56. – ipso facto

IPSO FACTO

By the fact itself.

One who is caught red-handed

commiting a crime