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Word of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2011bailiwick \BAY-luh-wik\, noun: 1. A person's specific area of knowledge, authority, interest, skill, or work. I'll give it a try, but this is not my bailiwick. He "professed ignorance, as of something outside my bailiwick." Fund-raising was Cliff's bailiwick, anyway, and he seemed to have it in hand. Bailiwick comes from Middle English baillifwik, from baillif, "bailiff" (ultimately from Latin bajulus, "porter, carrier") + wik, "town," from Old English wic, from Latin vicus, "village." | |||||||||
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  Michigander or Michiganian? Learn what these local names are known asJust like the old "tu'mey-tow" vs. "tu'maa-tow" debate, Michiganders, or Michiganians�(depending on which side you're on), have long found themselves in a state of disconnect. It seems that the great divide facing residents of the Great Lake State these days centers around the demonym - the name of a resident of a specific locality -... | |||||||||
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