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mondegree - diploma from la Sorbonne

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bondegreen - the rookie 007

hondegreen - Accord color "Verdant Forest" which Toyota has spent much time and money trying unsuccessfully to emuluate

wondegreen - the bread's gone moldy

yondegreen - where you'll find the flag is on the next Par Five hole, way over thar

Moodegreen - rejected title for early version of Mood Indigo

Montegreen - Montenegro in the Spring

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mondegreed – global avarice.

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fondegreen – entrepreneurially motivated.

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ondegreen- good golf shot in Jamaica
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Mondagreen- when Saint Patrick's Day falls on a Monday . smile

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London in spring.


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Agu's Word of the Day: logophile

PRONUNCIATION: (LOG-uh-fyl)
MEANING: noun: One who loves words.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek logo- (word) + -phile (lover). Earliest documented use: 1728.
USAGE:
"I treasure my printed OED -- as a memento of my logophile grandfather."
Dictionaries: Finding Their Ideal Format?; The Economist (London, UK); Nov 22, 2012.
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POGOPHILE: one who loves Walt Kelly

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pogophile redefined:

a pogophile is actually a beard lover, from Gk. pogos, beard + -phile

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BOGOPHILE

One who studies preserved mummies in the peatbogs of Europe.


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pogophile: people who love Walt Kelly's beard. laugh

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