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wofahulicodoc #232821 03/17/24 01:29 AM
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FOOTHOSE - socks

FOOLHOOSE - old Scottish term for a lunatic asylum

FOOTMOUSSE - ointment used in chiropody

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HOT-CONNECT - to weld

SOT CONNECT - dating agency for alcoholics

DOT-CORRECT - to be a stickler for accuracy and detail

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NEURODETERGENCE - brainwashing

NEUTRODIVERGENCE - a mutation that is neither beneficial nor harmful

NUCLEODIVERGENCE - the difference between isotopes of a chemical element

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ADAGE

PRONUNCIATION: (AD-ij)

MEANING: noun: A general truth conveyed succinctly and often metaphorically.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin ad- (to) + aio (I say). Earliest documented use: 1530.
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ADOGE - Venetian nobleman and head of state

A.D. AGE - the Christian Era

ADDAGE - what kids do on their fake ID

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ACCEDE

PRONUNCIATION: (ak-SEED)

MEANING: verb intr.
1. To agree to a request, proposal, or demand, especially at the insistence of someone.
2. To assume a high office, such as a throne.
3. To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin ad- (to) + cedere (to yield). Earliest documented use: 1465.
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ACEDE - what grows into aplant

TACCEDE - rolled down to the end of the runway prior to takeoff

ACC ODE - a poem extolling the benefits of the American College of Cardiology

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EFFACE

PRONUNCIATION: (i-FAYS)

MEANING: verb tr.: To erase or to make inconspicuous.

ETYMOLOGY: From French effacer, from Latin ex- (out, away) + facies (face). Earliest documented use: 1490.
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EFFARE (1) - paying for passage on public transportation with your smartphone

EFFARE (2) - a clandestine sexual relationship

LEF-FACE - a command from your drill sergeant

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FACADE

PRONUNCIATION: (fuh-SAHD)

MEANING: noun:
1. The front of a building or a side facing a street or a public space.
2. The front part of something.
3. A false or superficial appearance.

ETYMOLOGY:
From French façade, from Italian facciata, from faccia (face), from Latin facia (face), from facies (face). Earliest documented use: 1656.
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FICADE - a deduction from your wages to pay for for future Social Security Retirement benefits

FARÇADE - a tongue-in-cheek representation, intended not to be taken seriously

FACTADE - an enzyme supplement that may make unpleasant truths easier to swallow

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BEACHHEAD

PRONUNCIATION: (BEECH-hed)

MEANING: noun:
1. An area of the shore secured by an advancing military force from which to advance further inland.
2. A foothold opening the way for further advance.

ETYMOLOGY: From beach, of unknown origin + Old English heafod (top of the body). Earliest documented use: 1920.
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REACH HEAD - I managed to get to the outhouse

BEACH-HEAL - what you long for after you burn your feet on the hot sand

BE ACTH HEAD - Cushingoid facies from a pituitary tumor

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FANCADE - parade of a victorious football team showing the Cup to their supporters

FACILADE - simplified version of a classic literary work

FANCYADE - upmarket drink made from a blend of exotic fruit juices

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BLEACHHEAD - to brainwash (as in NEURODETERGENCE)

EACHHEAD - per capita

BEACHYHEAD - geographical feature similar to the well-known cliff on the south coast of England

BREACHHEAD - medieval spiked club

BEACHHEAD - Gaelic transliteration of 'behead'.

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