Conspire: c.1300, from O.Fr. conspirer, from L. conspirare "to agree, unite, plot," lit. "to breathe together," from com- "together" + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit). Conspiracy is from 1386; conspiracy theory is from 1909.
November 26, 2003
I think she meant tearing atthe seams, but I wouldn't discount her capacity to get all "poetic" with semantics. That girls needs to get an ostrich. And how.
