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Malaysian octogenarian tourist dies at the hands of Thai massage lady


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7 hours ago, kiouma said:

"Gee, I learned a new word today, “octogenarian”—"

 

So did I, never heard it before, so looked it up. It's a person between the age of 80 and 89. 

 

You learn every day !

octo means 8 as in octopus with 8 arms, or 'octomom' who had 8 babies.

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18 hours ago, beddhist said:

Sorry, English is my 2nd language, but doesn't

 

imply he was killed? Sure, he was "in her hands" at the time, but...? Maybe I can learn something here.

 

I can't help the feeling that the headline was made deliberately sensational.

 

You are correct. BTW, all headline writers try for the most intriguing headline they can, within the bounds of correctness, of course. In a professional newsroom, this headline would have been corrected.

 

Interestingly, "at the feet of" means something else again.

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