Rebutter, surprisingly isn't something you do to bread when you consider it's not been spread with a liberal enough amount of dairy goodness.
It's actually a refutation (a word which probably deserves its own WWof theW post) or 'a defendent's reply to the plaintiff's surrejoinder'.
Sometimes I'm no help at all, am I?
I did know that!
ReplyDeleteExcellent - that's sort of proof I'm not just making this stuff up.
Deletethat's okay, I love to be left confused
ReplyDeleteYou're in the perfect place for that!
DeleteI was halfway through the clicking process to read this before it clicked what the word really meant. Just goes to show the power of a picture, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteIt does, Liz.
DeleteI've come across this word in crime novels with court case scenes.
ReplyDeleteI can see it would be useful there.
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