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bears

insatiable theic, literary bears, berserk, circus, joan crawford, norse, warrior

Good Word: Berserk

April 3, 2009

Now used as an adjective to mean crazy and off the wall, its etymology is as a noun. Berserk has its roots in old Norse languages and refers to a Scandinavian in battle who was invulnerable. A band of them was called berserkers or berserkergang. Some historians have posited that the groups of warriors would…

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