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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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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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CHIVVY An actual word, for a change.
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: to move or obtain by small maneuvers
Variants of CHIVY
chivy or chiv·vy
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chartreuse PRONUNCIATION:(shahr-TROOZ, -TROOS)
MEANING: noun: 1. A light, yellowish green. 2. An aromatic, usually yellow or green liqueur, originally made by Carthusian monks in Grenoble, France.
adjective: Having a light, yellowish green color.
ETYMOLOGY: From mountain to monastery to drink to color -- that's the circuitous route for this word's origin. La Grande Chartreuse, a monastery got its name after the Chartreuse Mountains. The liqueur got its name because it was first made by the monks in the monastery. Finally, the color got its name from the liqueur. Earliest documented use: 1806.
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CHARTREUSED - screwed, blued, and sans chartreused
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chartreuse PRONUNCIATION:(shahr-TROOZ, -TROOS)
MEANING: noun: 1. A light, yellowish green. 2. An aromatic, usually yellow or green liqueur, originally made by Carthusian monks in Grenoble, France
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Chartruse: A flawed satellite navigation system- featuring obsolete roading
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CHARTRUSSE - a French map of the former Soviet Union
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Himalayan
PRONUNCIATION:
(him-uh-LAY-uhn, hi-MAHL-yuhn)
MEANING:
adjective:
1. Enormously large.
2. Relating to the Himalayas.
HIMALAYIN' : The incredulous expression uttered upon seeing an incorrectly-sexed rooster produce an egg
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HYMNAMAYAN non-Aztec war chants
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HIYALAYAN - pertaining to frontón games
HIMALATAN - simplified version of an ancient language, contains nouns of only the masculine gender
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palatine
PRONUNCIATION:(PAL-uh-tyn, -teen)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Of or relating to a palace.
2. Of or relating to a palate.
ETYMOLOGY:
For 1: After Palatine, from Latin Palatium, the name of the centermost of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built. Roman emperors built their palaces on this hill. The word palace also derives from the same source. Earliest documented use: 1436.
For 2: From French palatin, from Latin palatum palate (roof of the mouth). Earliest documented use: 1656.
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1. of or relating to a modest palace
2. of or relating to snacks at a wine tasting promotion.
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malateen- a kid up to no good.
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XALATINE - pertaining to your glaucoma medicine
PALATINY - used by dwarfs to paint miniature art works
PALAMINE - a soothing lotion for when your BFF has an itchy rash
PALATINO - I'm sure you know the type !
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Happy Memorial Day USA, Monday elsewhere, BUT Tuesday for us kiwis!(I had to check what day it was!). You guys are "so yesterday!"
PALIMONEY: offloading assets to close friend to avoid ex taking the lot
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collier
PRONUNCIATION:(KOL-yuhr)
MEANING:noun:
1. A coal miner.
2. A coal liner.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English col (coal). Earliest documented use: 1594, 1661.
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COLLIER
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cullier-one who weeds out the unwanted in any area
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COKLIER -- the inner ear of a Bostonian who kan't spell tu gud
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LARES AND PENATES
PRONUNCIATION: (LAR-eez and puh-NAY-teez)
MEANING:
noun:
1. Household gods (the benevolent gods in an ancient Roman household).
2. Household goods (a family's treasured possessions).
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Desperate times demand desperate measures:
LATES AND PILATES - Work-out first, unwind at Starbucks afterwards ?
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FLARES & PENNANTS: signals from a ship
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hyperbolic
PRONUNCIATION: (hy-puhr-BOL-ik)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Of or pertaining to hyperbole.
2. Of or pertaining to hyperbola.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hyperbole (excess), from hyperballein (to exceed), from hyper- + ballein (to throw). Earliest documented use: 1646, 1676.
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TYPERBOLIC
1. expected excessive language
2. same old hyperbola dress
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hypercholic - one really sick baby
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HYPERBILIC -- the gall bladder is working overtime
HYPERBONIC - the ultimate in bacteriologic warfare; one step more virulent than Bubonic
HYPEROBOLIC - too expensive for the agora
HYPERGOLIC - no, wait, that's already a word, blast it !
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debark
PRONUNCIATION:
(dee-BARK)
MEANING:
verb tr.:
1. To remove the bark from a dog.
2. To remove the bark from a log.
verb tr., intr.:
3. To disembark.
DEBORK - to reject an undesired Supreme Court nominee
REBARK - to bake casual comments when you have a stuffed nose
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DEPORK- to cut out the "other white meat" from the diet
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debard: to remove all reference to the alleged author of Hamlet, Macbeth, etc.
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rebark - a remark in dog talk
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DEBEARD a man's daily chore
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calyculus or caliculus
PRONUNCIATION:
(kuh-LIK-yuh-luhs)
MEANING:
noun: A cup-shaped structure.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek kalyx (cup, covering).
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CALOCULUS - The 200-inch telescope at Mount Palomar
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CATULLUST- A forlorn man
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SWOOPSTAKE
PRONUNCIATION:
(SWOOP-stayk)
MEANING:
adverb: In an indiscriminate manner.
SCOOPSTAKE - a utensil used to keep the ice-cream dispenser from being misplaced
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CATTLELUST- bull when cows are in heat
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SWOOPSFAKE - a phoney indiscrminate manner
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THEOCRASY
PRONUNCIATION:
(thee-AWK-ruh-see)
MEANING:
noun: A mixture of deities or religious forms.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek theo- (god)- + -krasia (blending). Earliest documented use: 1816.
THEOCREASY - a wrinkled old LARE or PENATE
THEOCRAZY - any religious zealot
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AGREMENT
PRONUNCIATION:
(ah-GRAY-mahnt, -mahn*)
[the final syllable is nasal]
MEANING:
noun:
1. Formal approval, especially one given by a country to the proposed diplomat from another country.
2. Grace notes: notes applied as an embellishment on a piece of music.
ETYMOLOGY:
From French agrément (approval, agreement, pleasure), from Latin ad- (to) + gratus (pleasing). Earliest documented use: 1711.
AGREPENT -- the Attorney General regrets his previous malfeasances and wished to atone for them
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AGREMENT
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ogrement- an agreement gone so sour that -ment is not mumbled as a french nasal but phonetically pronounced MENT with the harshness that the English ment was meant to be.
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JARGOON
PRONUNCIATION: (jahr-GOON)
MEANING: noun: A colorless, pale yellow, or smoky variety of zircon.
ETYMOLOGY: From French jargon, from Italian giargone, from Persian zargun (golden). Earliest documented use: 1769.
OARGOON: a state in the US Pacific Northwest, just south of Washingtoon.
CAR-GO-ON: marketer's name for the Auto-train - ship the family Buick to Florida and ride the train down with it
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JarJarGoon - the clan to which Jar Jar Binks belonged.
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JARGONE - the jargon used by a gang of thieves to indicate that someone has stolen their money jar
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