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NOSY PORKER - truffle-farmer's greatest asset
NOSEY-PACKER - ENT specialist treating a child's bleeding schnozz
NOISY PARKER - gets his car to curbside from bumper to bumper; often seen in NYC
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nosh parker: organizer of food at a potluck.
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doubting Thomas
PRONUNCIATION:(DOU-ting TOM-uhs)
MEANING:noun: A person who is habitually doubtful or someone who refuses to believe something until given proof.
ETYMOLOGY: After Saint Thomas, apostle, who doubted Jesus Christ's resurrection according to the Bible. Earliest documented use: 1877.
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DOUBLING THOMAS - a gambling Thomas who believes in Christ's return
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NOSY PORKER - truffle-farmer's greatest asset
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 ------ Doubting Themas - posted by Martin Luther in 1517 (All-Saints Church, Wittn burg, Germany)
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lazy Susan
MEANING:
noun: A revolving tray used for serving food, or a similar structure used to keep objects within easy reach.
ETYMOLOGY:
It's not clear who the eponymous Susan in this term was. Earliest documented use: 1917.
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HAZY SUSAN - Lazy Susan after a slap from Spinning Jenny
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crazy Susan lazy, hazy Susan retaliating in an angry
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bombilate
PRONUNCIATION:
(BOM-bi-layt)
MEANING:
verb intr.: To make a humming or buzzing noise.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin bombilare to (hum, buzz). Earliest documented use: 1600s.
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OMBILATE - A Zen Monk seeking Nirvana
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BOBILATE - Mr. Ray Goulding apologizes to his associate Mr. Elliott for not being there at the start of the radio program
BAMBILATE - that silly Disney cartoon fawn can't get anywhere on time either
BOMBILATTE - Starbucks has a new high-potency coffee drink
BOMBPILATE - what Jesus might have done if he'd had modern tools and attitudes
BOMBILATEX- apply generously and watch the munitions just bounce off
BOMBULATE - to walk like a dumb blonde (see also BIMBILATE)
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combilate: At this hour, can't do anything with my hair.
mombilate: Soccer practice was over two hours ago.
wombilate: time for a C-section.
trombilate: I've been babysitting my grandson all day and I just got here.
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Well, when you got here you got here with a bang! You and Wolf sure can twist. 
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fanfaron
PRONUNCIATION: (FAN-fuh-ron)
MEANING:
noun: A boaster or a braggart.
ETYMOLOGY:
From French fanfaron, from Spanish fanfarrón (braggart), perhaps from Arabic farfar (talkative), of expressive origin. The words fanfaronade and fanfare have the same origin. Earliest documented use: 1622.
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fanfarony - a habitual user of the words found in A.Word.A.Day
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cachinnate
PRONUNCIATION: (KAK-i-nayt)
MEANING:
verb intr.: To laugh very loudly or immoderately.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin cachinnare (to guffaw), of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1824.
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CACHINNYATE - a socialnet acronym LMAO
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catinnate alley cat screaming all night.
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brouhaha
PRONUNCIATION: (BROO-ha-ha, broo-ha-HA, broo-HA-ha)
MEANING:
noun: Noise, confusion, and excitement, especially over something insignificant.
ETYMOLOGY:
From French, of imitative origin. It has been also suggested it's an alteration of the Hebrew term barukh habba (welcome, literally, "blessed be the one who comes"). It was also used in French drama for a devil's cry as: brou, ha, ha! Earliest documented use: 1890.
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BROUHAHAT - a silk hat made from a sow's ear
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brewhaha; shindig around the ole still Virginie style.
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In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus...
BRÄUHAHA - Happy Hour in Munich
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MOJO
PRONUNCIATION:
(MO-jo)
MEANING:
noun: Magical power; charm.
ETYMOLOGY:
Apparently of W. African origin, akin to Gullah moco (witchcraft), Fula moco'o (medicine man). Fula is a language of West Africa. Earliest documented use: 1926.
MOJA - a Woman of Power
MOFO - (not even with a ten-foot pole, thanks)
MOXO - singular of Moxie
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MOOO - a happy or disgruntled cow
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HoJo remember Howard Johnson's?
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MOJITO – powerful tipple
MOJONES – the result of drinking Mojito
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boondocks
PRONUNCIATION: BOON-doks)
MEANING: noun: Rough country; backwoods.
ETYMOLOGY: From Tagalog bundok (mountain). Earliest documented use: 1944.
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BOONDOCS - country docs who still make housecalls
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BOONDOCS! I love it!
LOONDOCKS - I wondered why my boat was covered with guano after I left it tied up overnight
BOONDUCKS - that lay golden eggs
BOOBDOCKS - no, not plastic surgeons, just brassieres
BLONDOCKS - my beast of burden has yellow hair!
BOONDECKS - stacked at the Casino to lure in the suckers (or to pay off the Contractors?)
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loonduck naughty birdies, hybrid
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gam
PRONUNCIATION:
(gam)
MEANING:
noun: 1. A leg, especially a woman's attractive leg.
noun: 2. A school of whales. 3. A social visit, especially between whalers or ship crews.
verb tr., intr.: 4. To hold such a visit; to spend time talking.
XAM = a puzzling test, sometimes solved with "ees."
(regarding definition 2 - I thought if was called a "pod" of whales. Oh well. I suppose there's no rule that there can't be two words with the same meaning.)
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agam eg-am - future tense active of the word "again".
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MAMMONISM
PRONUNCIATION:
(MAM-uh-niz-uhm)
MEANING:
noun: The greedy pursuit of riches.
ETYMOLOGY:
Via Latin and Greek, from Aramaic mamona (riches). Mammon was personified as a false god in the New Testament. Earliest documented use: 1843.
GAMMONISM - a religious search for the use of those three extra "Kinging men" that used to come with the fifteen-piece checker set. (Never did figger out how to play that game on the back side of the checkerboard either, didja... ?)
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MAMMONIST - a communist leader after the revolution
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(regarding definition 2 - I thought if was called a "pod" of whales. Oh well. I suppose there's no rule that there can't be two words with the same meaning.)
So did I, but I've seen 'gam' with regard to whales:
and the American Heritage Dict. of the English language
indicates it also means a congregation of whalers especially
at sea. So they must get together and reminisce about Ahab
after the work is done.
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MAMMOMISM - any nine letter word with five M's except Mmmmmmmmm.
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MAAMONISM - excessive deference to women, especially as practiced in the Deep South
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leviathan
PRONUNCIATION: (li-VY-uh-thuhn)
MEANING:noun: Something large and powerful.
ETYMOLOGY:
Via Latin from Hebrew liwyathan (whale). Earliest documented use: 1382.
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LEVIATHANG - calling Levi a "thing" in Alabama
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LEVIATHON - Congressional tax-raising orgy, to be held next Labor Day Weekend (without Jerry Lewis)
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LEATHERATHON = S & M convention
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Did we overlook LEIATHON - watching too many consecutive Carrie Fisher movies?
(Doesn't quite work -- A-->O -- but I couldn't think of anything for "Leiathan."
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