Medieval History
Obscure Latin Word of the Week
This week's word: vagio, -ireto whimper as a child.
How to use this word in daily life:
1. After a test - "Man, that test made me vagio - I should have studied more."
2. At the end of Moulin Rouge - "I can't finish that movie without vagio-ing. The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to lo... *sob* *sob*."
3. During karaoke - "It's hard to un-derstand/ how the tooouch of your hand/ has got me vagio-ing, vagio-ing, vagio-ing/ ooover you."
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Medieval History