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Re:I was struck by lightning yesterday—and boy am I sore by derleth on Thursday May 23, 2013 @04:57PM (#5759501)
> scrapnel

The usual word is 'shrapnel', but this actually makes more sense in a portmanteau word sort of way: It's scraps that were hurled around as shrapnel. Scrapnel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau

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Re:I was struck by lightning yesterday—and boy am I sore by nsxwolf on Thursday May 23, 2013 @05:01PM (#5759513)
And to be extra pedantic, the TV tube would have imploded.
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Re:I was struck by lightning yesterday—and boy am I sore by shaydoc on Thursday May 23, 2013 @05:01PM (#5759518)
Très bien, my shoddy typing, lol...
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Re:I was struck by lightning yesterday—and boy am I sore by gems on Thursday May 23, 2013 @08:45PM (#5760556)
Why bother?
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