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abderian laughter

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Abderian laughter 
from Abdera, in Thrace, whose citizens were considered rustic simpletons who would laugh at anything or anyone they didn't understand (making their town the Hellenic equivalent of Gotham).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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