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Word of the Day: Doppelganger

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Well, it's All Hallow's Eve.

And as the "C&C" staff prepares for all the trick-or-treaters who will be stopping by our desk – Katie has already hauled out her old "Cousin It" costume and come asking for Milk Duds -- here's an eerie Word of the Day.

doppelganger (DOP-uhl-gang-uhr), noun: 1. A ghostly double or counterpart of a living person. 2. Alter ego; double.
Doppelganger is from the German doppel, "double" + Gänger, "goer."
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