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		thaumasiotes 38 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Live Stream from the Namib Desert Where are you getting the gloss? Wiktionary has a definition "wasteland", but also derives it etymologically from a verb meaning "walk". Is there an element that means "nothing"?

IncreasePosts 35 days ago [–]

I was told it by my driver when I visited the desert during a trip to Angola. Where he got it from? No idea.

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