i am so absolutely and completely not making this up. it’s from scott’s
“webster’s new world dictionary” AND “onelookup.com” AND
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entries/73/c0727300.html !

crapulence
SYLLABICATION: crap-u-lence
PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: krpy-lns

NOUN: 1. Sickness caused by excessive eating or drinking.
2. Excessive indulgence; intemperance.
ETYMOLOGY: From crapulent, sick from gluttony, from Late Latin
crapulentus, very drunk, from Latin crapula, intoxication, from Greek
kraipal.
OTHER FORMS: crapulent ADJECTIVE
crapulous ADJECTIVE

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Supercolliding since 2003

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