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  • 9.09.2015

    Word Nerd Wednesday: Quisling

    Sometimes you find a word that's just plain funky. 


    Welcome to 'quisling'.




    The origins of this word are much darker than I thought. Apparently, there was a dude named Vidkun Quisling. He was a Norwegian war-time leader who decided to head up a Nazi regime during WWII. And people turned his last name into an insult, because obviously that was a dick move. 

    History. 

    Now let's write about it.

    The Prompt:

    Write a poem of address to a quisling. 


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