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WHELM
PRONUNCIATION: (hwelm, welm)
MEANING: verb tr.: 1. To submerge.
2. To overcome; overwhelm.
noun: An overwhelming or engulfing quantity of something.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English hwelman. Earliest documented use: verb 1300, noun 1576.
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CHELM - literary middle-European city inhabited by innocent but well meaning dummies
WHY ELM? - Can't anywhere else be the site of nightmares?
WHEEL M - the thirteenth part of a complicated gadget drawn by Rube Goldberg
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KNEECAP
PRONUNCIATION: (NEE-kap)
MEANING: noun: A small, flat, triangular bone that covers the front of the knee.
verb tr.: 1. To attack the knee as a way to cripple someone.
2. To undermine or disable, especially in an excessive manner.
ETYMOLOGY: From knee, from Old English cneow + cap, from Old English caeppe, from Latin cappa (cap). Earliest documented use: noun: 1660, verb: 1975. Also see hough and hamstring.
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KNEE CAPP - the middle joint on Li'l Abner's legs
KNEE CHAP - how you disable an assailant in the seedier parts of London
KNEE "C" APP - a small smartphone program that enables your third knee
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GEGG
PRONUNCIATION: (geg)
MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To play a hoax or practical joke.
noun: A trick or practical joke.
ETYMOLOGY: Of Scottish origin. Earliest documented use: verb: 1826, noun: 1855.
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GREGG - a common school of transcribing Shorthand [Pitman being the other]
GENG - past tense of Scottish "gang", as in "the best-laid plans...geng aft agley"
GEGI - what comes around goes around ("garbage egress, garbage ingress")
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T-BONE
PRONUNCIATION: (TEE-bohn)
MEANING: verb tr.: To collide with the side of, especially referring to a vehicle. Also known as broadside.
noun: 1. A collision of this kind.
2. A cut of meat with a T-shaped bone.
ETYMOLOGY: From the shape of the T-shaped bone. Earliest documented use: literal: 1916, metaphorical: noun: 1938, verb: 1968
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dB-ONE - a brand of commercial amplifier
TB. CONE - a device for the protection of medical workers who might be exposed to tuberculosis patients
T-BORNE - carried by the Metropolitan Transit Authority
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MANICURE
PRONUNCIATION: (MAN-i-kyoor)
MEANING: noun: A cosmetic treatment of a person’s hands, especially the nails.
verb tr., intr.: 1. To take care of the hands and fingernails.
2. To groom in a meticulous manner.
ETYMOLOGY: From French manicure (now manucure), from Latin manus (hand) + cura (care). Earliest documented use: noun: 1866, verb: 1893.
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MAGICURE - a panacea that stopped off on Madison Avenue
PANICURE - it's used to calm a frightened mob
MANICURVE - any of several serpentine roads along the California shoreline - you gotta be crazy to drive on them
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UMBRA
PRONUNCIATION: (UHM-bruh)
MEANING: noun:
1. Shade; shadow.
2. The darkest inner part of a shadow, as during an eclipse.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin umbra (shade, shadow). Earliest documented use: 1601. Some other words coined from the same Latin root are bumbershoot, umbriferous, umber, adumbrate, and umbrage.
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JUMBRA - extra-large brassiere
UM, BREA - it's tar, I think
DUMB RA - stupid Sun God !
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OCCULTATION
PRONUNCIATION: (ah-kuhl-TAY-shuhn)
MEANING: noun:
1. The state of being hidden or blocked.
2. The passage of a celestial object in front of another, hiding it from view.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin occultare (to conceal), frequentative of occulere (to conceal), from culere (to hide). Earliest documented use: 1453.
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OSCULTATION - mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
OCCULTATICON - old mechanical device for displaying eclipses (see "orrery")
ROCCULTATION - commercialization of the the popularity and reputation of boxer Marciano
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PENUMBRA
PRONUNCIATION: (pi/puh-NUHM-bruh)
MEANING: noun:
1. A surrounding area or fringe, a zone of influence or activity that is less distinct or certain.
2. A partly shaded region between fully dark and fully lit.
3. The diffuse area around the dark central area of a sunspot.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin paene (almost) + umbra (shadow). Earliest documented use: 1665.
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OPENUMBRA - what you do in the ra (that's "the start of rain")
PENUM BARA - little-known cousin of silent movie star Theda
PENTUMBA - dance popular in Latin America in the 1960s after Dave Brubeck released "Take Five"
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UMBRAGEOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (uhm-BRAY-juhs)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Inclined to take offense easily.
2. Cast in shadow; shaded.
3. Providing shade.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin umbra (shade, shadow) + -ous (full of). Earliest documented use: 1587.
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YUMBRAGEOUS - sinfully tasty
'UMBLAGEOUS - disagreeably unctuous and blatantly subservient
UMBRAGE-TOUS - (French) sensing disrespect everywhere; offended by everything
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OCULATION - making eyes at someone
OCTALATION - conversion of a number from base 10 to base 8
INCULTATION - wacky initiation ceremony
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