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Bulimia was the ancient Greeks' term for ravenous hunger and was derived from the words bous ox and limia -hunger -and so at first glance seems to mean something along the lines of ``starving like an ox'',or perhaps the Greeks used the analogy much in the same way as we might describe ourselves as being so hungry we could ``eat a horse''.
Word Play: Getting to the roots of eating disorders by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
They were watching the Bous a la Mar - Bulls to the Sea - festival in Mar de Moraira where bulls chase young men through the streets who finally escape by jumping in the water.
Costa bull gores Brit; KATH, 16, SPEARED IN MACHO FESTIVAL by The Mirror (London, England)
They were watching the Bous a la Mar - Bulls to the Sea - festival in Mar de Moraira where bulls chase young men through the streets who finally escape by jumping in the water.
Costa bull gores girl; KATH, 16, SPEARED IN MACHO FESTIVAL by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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