Comments on: Word of the Day: wax http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/01/15/word-of-the-day-wax/ A First Things Blog Sat, 25 May 2013 21:29:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Tom Daly http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/01/15/word-of-the-day-wax/comment-page-1/#comment-86980 Tom Daly Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:43:53 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=54733#comment-86980 Secretary: “The dean is furious! He’s waxing wroth!”
Prof. Wagstaff (Groucho): Oh, is Roth out there,too? Tell him to wax the dean for awhile.”

]]> By: Tony Esolen http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/01/15/word-of-the-day-wax/comment-page-1/#comment-86976 Tony Esolen Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:14:09 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=54733#comment-86976 Jerry — I’d never heard of it …

]]> By: Jerry Beckett http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/01/15/word-of-the-day-wax/comment-page-1/#comment-86972 Jerry Beckett Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:41:19 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=54733#comment-86972 Can’t believe you wrote an entire entry on the word “wax” without a single mention of its most recognizable modern usage:

Wax on, wax off.

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