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Shakespeare Words

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Popularized in Measure for Measure

Your friar is now your prince: as I was then
Advertising and holy to your business
Not changing heart with habit, I am still


When Shakespeare first advertised this word, it meant "warning your friends" or "calling attention to." It's pretty easy to see how the meaning evolved and was taken over by billboards and TV commercials, dontchathink?

Speaking of which, we could sure go for a Snickers right now.


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