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The word for today is… pediculous (adjective) - : infested with lice : lousy Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Count on the English language's Latin lexical options to pretty up the unpleasant. You can have an entire conversation about lice and avoid the l-word entirely using pediculous and its relatives. None of