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Killing rampages, fear that genitals are retracting is derived from the Malay/Indonesian word amuk, meaning mad with rage.
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Oh, and, I see that MatthewDetroit and TCM have somehow gotten day passes from the looney bin and are running amuk again on the CNN site.
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Or when the behavior of one group of kids – a group of older school children running amuk in a museum with no chaperons in sight is an example that comes to mind – seriously inhibits the experience of other visitors.
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We are in a war for the hearts and minds, but that war is here against consertive fiscal policies gone amuk, without regulations.
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Who was playing Columbo while banks were running amuk with our economy and regulators were looking the other way?
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See Zach, you use the word diary and the cretins go amuk.
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Boyle has the antidote: civil resistance, international law, human rights, and the US Constitution-four quintessential principles to counter militarism run amuk.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Francis A. Boyle��s ��Protesting Power - War, Resistance and Law�� 2008
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Boyle has the antidote: "civil resistance, international law, human rights, and the US Constitution - four quintessential principles to counter .... militarism run amuk."
Francis A. Boyle's "Protesting Power - War, Resistance and Law" 2008
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Boyle has the antidote: "civil resistance, international law, human rights, and the US Constitution - four quintessential principles to counter .... militarism run amuk."
Francis A. Boyle's "Protesting Power - War, Resistance and Law" 2008
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bilby commented on the word amuk
From Indonesian/Malay. Pronunciation in those parts is ah-mook where mook rhymes with book. Often Indonesian words of 2 syllables have no stress (and recline on the beach sipping coconuts, presumably).
December 2, 2007