Both words in one sentence
- Then there's the British fans who root for their own country, barely veiled expy though it is.
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An oft-misquoted passage in The Bible says that "the love of money is the root of many kinds of evil." In 3rd century AD, Christians used the acronym ROMA as a veiled insult against the Empire.
Source: Seven Deadly Sins - The saying "money is the root of all evil" came from the same source (as "greed") as a thinly veiled Take That against the Roman empire, in Latin: Radix Omnium Malorum Avaritia.
Source: Fun With Acronyms / Real Life
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