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A.Word.A.Day--bombinate Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio bombinate (BOM-buh-nayt) verb intr. To make a humming or buzzing noise. [New Latin bombinatus, past participle of bombinare, apparently coined by Rabelais on basis of Latin bombilare to hum, buzz, from Greek bombyliazein, derivative of bombos.] "He is often drunk. His head hurts. Snatches of conversation, remembered precepts, prefigured cries of terror bombinate about his skull." Elspeth Barker, Nobs and the rabble, all in the same boat, Independent on Sunday, 22 Sep 1996. This week's theme: coined words. X-Bonus Absurdity, n. a statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. -Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1906)

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