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title: VadeMecum
created: 2012-05-14 16:14
updated: 2012-05-14 16:15
revision: 3
author: Auriea
summary: "==Etymology== From the Latin vade mecum, which literally means \"go with me.\" ===Noun=== vade mecum (plural vade mecums) 	1.	A referential . . ."
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**Vade Mecum**
I want the scissors to be sharp 
and the table perfectly level 
when you cut me out of my life 
and paste me in that book you always carry.

*-- Billy Collins*

## Etymology
From the Latin vade mecum, which literally means "go with me."


### Noun
vade mecum (plural vade mecums)
	1.	A referential book such as a handbook or manual.
	2.	A useful object, constantly carried on one’s person.