"Lagpit" is a word in HILIGAYNON
lágpit - (B) The spring of a trap; a springtrap, gin, snare with a spring-noose,
springe; to wedge in, squeeze tight, jam,
compress, pinch, flatten, catch, squash,
crush. Sang pagtakúp níya sang baúl
nalágpit ang ákon kamót. When he put the
lid on the trunk, my hand was jammed.
Andam ka, agúd índì malágpit ang ímo
túdlò sang ganháan. Look out (Be careful),
lest your finger should be caught in the
door. Lagpitá ang tabákò. Press the
tobacco-leaves smooth. Butangán mo sing
lágpit ang báboy. Set a spring-trap for the
pig. (cf. ipít, ipíip, lígpit).
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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