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Shecky:
Flotsam is the floating remains of a ship or stuff that was on it. Jetsam is floating stuff that was deliberately tossed from a ship (think "jettison").
comprex:
I also have a secret passion for fortification names, sometimes useful for fantasy: barbican, bartizan, caponier, counterscarp, courtine, demilune, enceinte, fausse braye, glacis, mamelon, motte, ravelin, redoubt, tenaille
(Yes, I know, fantasy in which cannon or their analogues work).
--- Quote from: Unsexy Shecky on May 11, 2011, 06:01:02 PM ---Flotsam is the floating remains of a ship or stuff that was on it. Jetsam is floating stuff that was deliberately tossed from a ship (think "jettison").
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This is my understanding also. Jetsam was tossed.
meg_evonne:
I always find cool new words in Robert Ludlum books.
Snowleopard:
dilettante
onus
bamboozled
actinic
meg_evonne:
disheveled
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