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Traveling Words: Luggage, Baggage, and the Recombobulation Station

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Re Bobinar - The English Word for a Trick

The word was apparently part of the american dialect society's listing of words for, i think it was two thousand eight. Re bobinar also connects to the english word bobbin, the small spools that need to be wound with thread an order for a sewing machine to function. The entire ritual of airport security is really 20 years old, soiis still, kind of, linguistically speaking, a new kind of phenomenon.

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