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Thread #29353 Message #370922
Posted By: mousethief
08-Jan-01 - 12:46 PM
Thread Name: BS: what's the difference between...?
Subject: RE: BS - what's the difference between.....
Actually (PEDANT ALERT!) there is a difference between flotsam and jetsam. Flotsam is stuff that FLOATS overboard (by a wave smacking into it, for example) whereas jetsam is stuff that is JETTISONED overboard on purpose.