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#211074 - Today at 05:58 AM Re: Do dirty limericks count? [Re: wofahulicodoc]
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PARNASSIAN

PRONUNCIATION: (pahr-NAS-ee-uhn)

MEANING: adjective: Of or relating to poetry.

Alternative PARNASISIAN: a nasally speaking Parisian (succumbed to winter ills ?)

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#211082 - Today at 01:38 PM Wednest Word of a Day [Re: teepee]
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Registered: 06/05/10
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Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi
chevy

PRONUNCIATION: (CHEV-ee)

MEANING:
verb tr.: To chase or annoy.
noun: A chase, hunt, or a hunting cry.

ETYMOLOGY:
After Cheviot Hills bordering England and Scotland. A battle between English and Scottish forces over a hunting expedition is described in a 15th-century ballad (The Ballad of Chevy Chase). A chase is a tract of land reserved for hunting. The name of the city Chevy Chase in Maryland has the same origin. Earliest documented use: before 1825.
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CHEAVY - a portly fellows fox hunt

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