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Provided by the compucert expeditious \ek-spuh-DISH-uhs\, adjective:
What was the name of the narrator of Jack Kerouac's Beat Generation classic, On the Road?
- Characterized by or acting with speed and efficiency.
Expeditious is derived from Latin expeditus, "unshackled, unimpeded, ready for action," from expedire, "to free (one's feet) from a snare; hence, to get out, to set free, to get ready for action," from ex-, "out of" + pes, ped-, "foot."
The Spousal We- The opposite of the royal we, meaning "you". Used by your significant other to get you to do something.
The Spousal We: "We should clean the bathroon today", or "we should get Johnny to practice his viola more".
TriviaWhat was the name of the narrator of Jack Kerouac's Beat Generation classic, On the Road?
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