A fact from William G. Thompson appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 November 2010 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Detroit mayor William G. Thompson was considerably pummeled in a sensational public fight with his brother-in-law, who accused him of talking about his wife in barrooms? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/November.

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Very few people use words like that anymore. Good for you and thanks for helping keep the English language alive. Thomas R. Fasulo ( talk) 14:58, 4 November 2010 (UTC) reply

That was actually the word used in the New York Times cite, but I liked it, not the least because the language has a sort of dapper Victorian air as compared to the equally descriptive, but more crudish, "beat the crap out of." Andrew Jameson ( talk) 15:19, 4 November 2010 (UTC) reply