I wonder how you see the link between raised and index? A raised index finger, perhaps??
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I was pipped, Rod, honest!
diVaricated
oKey - as in ...from Muskogee,(OK)
Okey here is a stretch....
according to the slang dictionary - okey is Leicestershire slang for ice cream
so we have a dairy kreme in our town that serves ice cream ....
The word is kreMe
