Thursday, December 20, 2007

fun with the english language

let's play the homophone game!

toxin [noun]

any poison produced by an organism, characterized by antigenicity in certain animals and high molecular weight, and including the bacterial toxins that are the causative agents of tetanus, diptheria, etc., and such plant and animal toxins as ricin and snake venom.




tocsin [noun]

1. a signal, esp. of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
2. a bell used to sound an alarm.


raise a tocsin about a potential toxin in chinese manufactured goods...

dictionay.com

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