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From: MoiInAust
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:24

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"Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote in message 
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> Eeyore wrote:
>
>> What Sylvia had is commonly called a 'wall wart'.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_wart
>
> Though in truth, I'd never heard the expression before I read it in this 
> group (in another thread). May be it's a US term. I note that the WIKI 
> says it's slang.
>
> Could be my protected up-bringing, though. Perhaps Phil has something to 
> say on this subject, since he's in Aus' too.

Yes, a very common US term.

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