Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro
I discovered, based on the first dictionary that I consulted, that the word was formed from the verb "ecdysis" which is the scientific term for an insect shedding its skin. Aren't you glad you know that? — PolitiTweet.org
Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro
Every newspaper columnist in the 1930s during the Gypsy Rose Lee Era and the last gasps of burlesque used this word… https://t.co/cSxnjxHVBk
