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canorous
PRONUNCIATION:
(kuh-NOR-uhs, KAN-uhr-uhs)
MEANING:
adjective: Melodious; musical.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin canere (to sing). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kan- (to sing) which also gave us hen, canto, cantor, recant, accent, chant, enchant, and incentive. Earliest documented use: 1646.
USAGE:
"The canorous sounds ... provided a cheery moment."
Corrie Perkin; Off to an Opening in Earnest; The Australian (Sydney); Oct 13, 2008.
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canoerous - the melodic sound made by a babbling brook just before a hundred foot waterfall
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CANOMOUS - a new brand of tinned cat food
CANTOROUS - inclined to sing Klezmer music
MANOROUS - polite
CANOROLUS - a mixed-up Beethoven overture
CANOVOUS - a precarious tryst in a small unstable watercraft (See also "canoerous," above)
[P.S. Does "precarious" mean "eating too much sugar candy"? Only your dentist knows for sure...]
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CANNIBUSBOUS - lover of marijuana
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PROSAIC
PRONUNCIATION: (pro-ZAY-ik)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Dull; unimaginative.
2. Everyday; straightforward; ordinary.
3. Having the character of prose as compared to the feeling of poetry.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin prosa (prose), from prosa oratio (straightforward speech), from provertere (to turn forward). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wer- (to turn or bend), also the source of wring, weird, writhe, revert, universe, wroth, verso, conversazione, versicolor, and animadvert. Earliest documented use: 1589.
PYROSAIC - full of inflammatory language
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PROMOSAIC =agents who have many actors and singers
to get the fans to notice.
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Before we get too far afield - recall the original challenge:
"...take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition..."
Now I grant you that Roolz are meant to be broken, but not wildly, and preferably not all the time...
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Are we speaking of the Anagrams or Anu's Word of the Day?
I don't recall the 'roolz' for the latter, but will adhere
to it, if that be so. I understand the anagrams has those
'roolz', and that does not imply two words nor hyphens.
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Take a look at the first post in this thread , [if I did that right]. We modify them as we like when it suits our purpose, of course, but this was our starting point.
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PROSAIC
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PROSAID - the act of agreeing with a stinkin' roolz put before the board.
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I think I'll bow out from this thread at this point. I can't remember that far back. I'll check it
periodically, and if something clicks with just one letter
I may post it. Don't want to mess it up for you all.
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Sorry for dem rulz...my eyes were playing tricks on me.
Damn that Catullus and his invectives.
Talyculus- a bookies little black book.
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EXPANSIVE
PRONUNCIATION: (ik-SPAN-siv)
MEANING:
adjective:
1. Having a wide range; comprehensive.
2. Friendly, open, communicative.
3. Having a tendency or capacity to expand.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin expandere (to spread out), from ex- (out) + pandere (to spread). Earliest documented use: 1651.
EXPENSIVE - a former spouse, when thinking very hard about filing for more child support
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EXPANSIVE
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EXPANTSIVE - a pyschobabblelogical term for a recurring dream of attending a black-tie social affair while being naked below the waist.
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Re: Just who was Woten and why did he have a day?This astrology site says, "...there are seven days of the week and seven planets and each planet rules or is lord of one day: Sunday, the Sun; Monday, the Moon; Tuesday, Mars; Wednesday, Mercury; Thursday, Jupiter; Friday, Venus; and Saturday, Saturn...
The origin of the names of the days are explicitly planetary in medieval Latin: dies dominici (Sunday, the lord's day), die Lune, die Martis, die Mercuri, die Jovis, die Veneris, die Saturni.
In English the Teutonic equivalents of the Greek and Latin gods have been used for some of the names of the days, i.e. Tuesday is Tiw's day, the Teutonic god of war; Wednesday is Wotan's day; Thursday is Thor's day; Friday is Frigg's day..."
Not everybody likes this system, of course. Your mileage may vary. Now if he wuz a dog instead, it would be much easier to undertand: Every dog has his day.
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animadversion
PRONUNCIATION:(an-i-mad-VUHR-zhuhn)
MEANING: noun:
1. The act of criticizing.
2. An unfavorable comment.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin animadvertere (to turn the mind to), from animus (mind) + advertere (to turn). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wer- (to turn or bend), also the source of wring, weird, writhe, revert, universe, wroth, , conversazione, versicolor, and prosaic . Earliest documented use: 1535.
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ANIMAVERSION- reality; the mind's version
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ANIMADVERSIN -- Madison Avenue puts Greed and Pride and Sloth and Envy and (I forget the other three) into a Mickey Mouse cartoon
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SEMPITERNAL
PRONUNCIATION: (sem-pi-TUHR-nuhl)
MEANING: adjective: Everlasting.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin semper (always) + aeternus (eternal). Earliest documented use: before 1475.
USAGE: "The US Postal Service might embrace sempiternal status, too, in the form of a stamp that would enable the bearer to infinitely freeze the price of first-class postage with a 'forever' stamp."
-- Kathy Stevens; Post Office Hopes 'Forever' Stamp Will Deliver; The York Dispatch (Pennsylvania); Feb 27, 2007.
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SEMITERNAL -- lasting only half a bird
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SEMPIETERNAL - any word with two meanings that mean the same thing e.g. hippity-hop (hop hop) or sempiternal (always eternal}
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rhizophagous
PRONUNCIATION:
(ry-ZOPH-uh-guhs)
MEANING:
adjective: Feeding on roots.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek rhizo- (root) + -phagous (feeding on). Earliest documented use: 1832.
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WHIZPHAGOUS- a budding young nerd who eats only Cheese Whiz crackers and has no social life outside of interacting with his computer.
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RHINOPHAGOUS - nose-eating
RHINOPHAGOUS - drinks only German-river water passed by the Lorelei
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zymurgy
PRONUNCIATION:
(ZY-muhr-jee)
MEANING:
noun: The branch of chemistry dealing with fermentation, as brewing.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek zym- (ferment) + -urgy (work). Earliest documented use: 1868.
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ZYMURKY - when the zym needs more urgy
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RYMURGY - for no particular reazon
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logomania
PRONUNCIATION: (lo-go-MAY-nee-uh)
MEANING:
noun:
1. Obsessive interest in words.
2. Excessive and often incoherent talking.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek logo- (word) + -mani (excessive enthusiasm or craze). Earliest documented use: 1882.
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logomana - (NZ) words used by the powerful, by high authority; usually spoken with supernatural effect
ex: ---> BOO!
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Isn't that eliminating 2 letters?
Just asking.
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Who me? Not me Luke, I am as good as my word, most times. I looked again and found myself innocent. 
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POGOMANIA - That possum with the beard should run for office! POGO FOR PRESIDENT ! POGO FOR PRESIDENT !! POGO FOR PRESIDENT !!
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Quite rightly!
And I wanna dance!
What I said goes baby
I want you to hold just what you got
I want you to wind up your yo-yo
When I say pogo
I mean let that yo-yo go
I mean let the string out baby
Now go
Look at Annie yo-yo
Round 'n and round 'n round
Pogo pogo we gonna yo-yo
Round 'n round 'n round
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PLUTOLATRY
PRONUNCIATION: (ploo-TOL-uh-tree)
MEANING: Excessive devotion to wealth.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek pluto- (wealth) + -latry (worship). Earliest documented use: 1891. Pluto was the god of riches
[I thought Pluto was the god of the Underground. Or else Walt Disney's dog. Live and learn.]
FLUTOLATRY - James Galway is my idol
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PLOTOLATRY - a morality play where burning a rich man at the stake is the dénouement of the plot
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OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY
MEANING: noun: The branch of medicine dealing with the ear, nose, and throat. Also known as otolaryngology.
ETYMOLOGY: The word is coined so that one is forced to use all three -- ear, nose, and throat -- to be able to pronounce it. Either that, or it's from Greek oto- (ear) + rhino- (nose) + laryngo- (larynx) + -logy (study). Earliest documented use: 1900. Also, see rhinorrhea.
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OTORHINOLARYNGEOLOGY - In the shale I found the fossilized remains of a great lumbering beast with tiny little ears and a big horn on its nose
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ONORHINOLARYNGOLOGY - my doctor says my tonsils hve to come out
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OTO-HINO-LARYNGOLOGY - an ear, rear, and throat specialist who flunked "nose" in school and had to pick "rear" instead.
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FISHWIFE
PRONUNCIATION: (FISH-wyf)
MEANING: noun
1. A coarse, vulgar-tongued woman.
2. A woman who sells fish.
FISHWIRE a metal thread for making deep-sea seines. (banned soon after its invention)
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WISHWIFE - all wish no work
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SKUNKY
PRONUNCIATION:(SKUNG-kee)
MEANING:
adjective:
1. Mean or contemptible.
2. Having an unpleasant odor.
3. Of or relating to a skunk.
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SPUNKY - what you are and what you gotta be after you confront a skunk
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SKUNGY
PRONUNCIATION: SKUN-jee
MEANING: Offensive to eyes, nose, even skin. Not just ugly but stinky grime and slime.
Synonym (understated): Unprepossessing
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[ gossamer ]
PRONUNCIATION: GOS-uh-muhr)
MEANING: noun:
1. Something light, thin, or insubstantial.
2. A soft sheer gauzy fabric, used for veils, etc.
3. A fine, filmy cobweb or its thread seen floating in the air in calm weather.
adjective:
Thin, light, or delicate.
ETYMOLOGY:
From goose + summer. The term is believed to have originated as a name for late autumn when geese are in season and then transferred to cobwebs seen around that time of the year. Earliest documented use: 1325.
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BOSSAMER - to dance the bossa nova but just for the summer
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GOSSAMEN - what everybody does when the prayer is finished
GOSSAMOR - what you do after you go, and then you keep going
(I tried to make up something involving Henry Bessemer, but it just got too complicated)
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birdlime
PRONUNCIATION: (BUHRD-lym)
MEANING: verb tr.: To ensnare.
noun: Something that ensnares.
ETYMOLOGY:From birdlime (a sticky substance made from holly, mistletoe, or other plants, and smeared on branches and twigs to catch small birds), from bird + lime, from Latin limus (slime). Earliest documented use: 1440.
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BIRDLIMED - a knock-off verson of Lullaby of Birdland from a bird's point of view (a sad lament).
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BIRDLIE - [golf]: a tee-shot on a par-3 hole that lands on the green a makeable distance from the pin
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chameleonic
PRONUNCIATION:
(kuh-mee-lee-ON-ik)
MEANING:
adjective: Given to quick or frequent change.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin chamaeleon, from Greek khamaileon, from khamai (on the ground) + leon (lion). Ultimately from the Indo-European root dhghem- (earth), which also sprouted human, homicide, humble, homage, chamomile, chthonic, disinter, inhume, exhume, and Persian zamindar (landholder). Earliest documented use: 1821.
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CAMELEONIC - an unlikely breeding of a camel and a lion but then so is the strange etymology of the word "chameleonic".
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