SEVEN-SIDED ANIMAL<\/strong><\/em>: a one-eyed man or woman, described as such because each\u00a0 has a right side and a left side, a fore side and a back side, an outside, an inside, and a blind side.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Introducing Clement Skitt’s word of the day.\u00a0 You may recognize Clement from Levi Levi and the Time Machine.\u00a0 He and his sister have since peeped into many different times and Clement has developed a healthy fascination with outdated slang.\u00a0 Today’s slang: SEVEN-SIDED ANIMAL: a one-eyed man or woman, described as such because each\u00a0 has a… Continue reading Clement Skitt’s word of the day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[87,219,160,104],"class_list":["post-5837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-characters","tag-clement-skitt","tag-language","tag-time-twins"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10258,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/08\/31\/slang-at-the-internet-archive\/","url_meta":{"origin":5837,"position":0},"title":"Slang at the Internet Archive","author":"leems","date":"August 31, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"It has been a little while since Clement Skitt showed up on the bean, but you may have gleaned from Clement Skitt's word of the day that I have a bit of an affinity for vintage slang. 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Introducing Clement Skitt’s word of the day.\u00a0 You may recognize Clement from Levi Levi and the Time Machine.\u00a0 He and his sister have since peeped into many different times and Clement has developed a healthy fascination with outdated slang.\u00a0 Today’s slang:<\/p>\n