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Dr. Strangelove
PRONUNCIATION: (DOK-tuhr STRAYNJ-luv)
MEANING:
noun: Someone who is reckless about the use of weapons such as nuclear bombs.
ETYMOLOGY:
After Dr. Strangelove, title character of the 1963 film directed by Stanley Kubrick. Strangelove, a former Nazi, is a nuclear expert and adviser to the president. Earliest documented use: 1968.
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Dr. Stranglove - the Boston Strangler whose lost glove proved he was also Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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DR ESTRANGELOVE - Who ya gonna call to cure your stalker of that irrational fixation?
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(Personally. I liked "mustard" better)
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APHERESIS
PRONUNCIATION:
(for 1: uh-FER-i-sis, for 2: af-uh-REE-sis)
MEANING:
noun:
1. The loss of one or more sounds or letters from the beginning of a word. For example, the change in pronunciation of knife from (k-nyf) to (nyf) or the formation of till from until.
2. A method in which blood is drawn from a donor, one or more blood components (such as plasma, platelets, or white blood cells) are removed, and the rest is returned to the donor by transfusion.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin aphaeresis, from Greek aphairesis (taking away), from aphairein (to take away), from apo- (away) + hairein (to take). Earliest documented use: 1550.
[My favorite example of this is "eleëmosynary" --> --> alms]
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APTERESIS - The process of being turned into a wingless bird with hairy feathers, and then returned to the zoo (or at least to the B.C. comic strip)
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(too obvious? )
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APHERESIST - pronounced: hee ree sizt/ hrr ree sizt (the AP is silent )
1. he resist
2. her resist
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syncope
PRONUNCIATION: (SING-kuh-pee)
MEANING:
noun:
1. The shortening of a word by omission of sounds or letters from its middle. For example, did not to didn't or Worcester to Wooster.
2. Fainting caused by insufficient blood flow to the brain.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin syncope, from Greek synkope (contraction, cutting off), from syn- (together) + koptein (to cut). Earliest documented use: c. 1400.
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syncoped - past tense of syncope e.g. affecting a British accent the good doctor bought a plane tickect and arrived in Wooster England instead of Worcester Mass. He syncoped.
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SYNCOPY - Naughty monkey see, naughty monkey do.
And I see that eleëmosynary was syncope, not apheresis. My, my. Who'da thunk it.
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ASPIRATE
PRONUNCIATION: (verb: AS-puh-rayt, noun: AS-puhr-it)
MEANING:
verb tr.:
1. To pronounce a sound with an exhalation of breath.
2. To pronounce the h sound at the beginning of a word as (hwich) for which.
3. To inhale something (such as a fluid) into the lungs, as after throwing up.
4. To draw a fluid from a body cavity by suction.
(Don't you 5. aspirate a hot rod engine, too? Or at least a carburetor?)
noun:
1. The sound represented by h.
2. A speech sound followed by an audible puff of breath.
3. The matter removed from a body cavity by suction.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin aspirare (to breathe, blow). Earliest documented use: 1669.
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AMPIRATE
1. I'm an electric current and I'm angry !
2. Aargh, Matey, my name is Blackbeard, and you'd better believe it!
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HASPIRATE : pronounced "whosh" ass per ate - a silent puff of air preceding the word "aspirate" so as to make the word "aspirate" onomatopoetic.
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XASPIRATE - I can never get that souffle to come out right...
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PROLEPSIS
PRONUNCIATION: (pro-LEP-sis)
MEANING:
noun:
1. The use of a descriptive word in anticipation of the result. Example: The word hot in hot water heater.
2. The anticipation and answering of an objection or argument before it's raised. Also known as prebuttal.
3. The representation of an event before it actually happened. Example: He lost the game even before the match began.
4. The anachronistic representation of an event before its actual time. Also known as prochronism. Example: A depiction of people talking wirelessly over long distances in 18th century.
5. A literary technique in which the author drops hints of things to come. Also known as foreshadowing.
6. The return of a paroxysm of a periodic disease before its usual time or at progressively shorter intervals.
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PYROLEPSIS -- pre-ignition
PUROLEPSIS -- Whaddya mean you changed my oil at just 750 miles ??!!
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PAROLEPSIS- to request a release from jail before the crime is committed.
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PROLEPSIS - ambitious amateur
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PROLAPSIS - "How many pregnancies have you had? Your innards are going to drop out!"
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agglutinate
PRONUNCIATION:
(verb: uh-GLOOT-n-ayt, adjective: uh-GLOOT-n-it, -ayt)
MEANING:
verb tr., intr.:
1. To form words by combining words or word elements.
2. To join or become joined as if by glue.
3. To clump or cause to clump, as red blood cells.
adjective:
1. Joined or tending to join.
2. Relating to a language that makes complex words by joining words or word elements extensively. For example as in Turkish.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin gluten (glue). Earliest documented use: 1541.
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AGGLUTIMATE - an inseparable mating
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WAGGLUTINATE - Twerking gone wild.
A couple who lived in New Delhi
Had to walk around belly to belly
...Because, in their haste,
...They reached for the paste
Instead of the vaginal jelly!
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WAGGLUTINATE - Twerking gone wild.
A couple who lived in New Delhi
Had to walk around belly to belly
...Because, in their haste,
...They reached for the paste
Instead of the vaginal jelly!
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KABUKI
PRONUNCIATION: (kah-BOO-kee, KAH-boo-kee)
MEANING:
1. A form of Japanese drama that includes highly stylized movements, dances, singing, and miming, and all parts are played by males.
2. Done for the show only; make-believe.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Japanese kabuki, from ka (song) + bu (dance) + ki (skill). Apparently this is a reinterpreted form of the verb kabuku (to lean, deviate, or act dissolutely). Kabuki is the popular form of the older Noh, the classical drama of Japan. Earliest documented use: 1899.
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(In the words of Jack Benny, "I'm Thinking!")
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KABUKII
PRONUNCIATION: (kah-BOO-kee, KAH-boo-kee)
MEANING:
1. A form of Japanese drama that includes highly stylized movements, dances, singing, and miming, and all parts are played by males.
2. Done for the show only; make-believe.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Japanese kabuki, from ka (song) + bu (dance) + ki (skill). Apparently this is a reinterpreted form of the verb kabuku (to lean, deviate, or act dissolutely). Kabuki is the popular form of the older Noh, the classical drama of Japan. Earliest documented use: 1899.
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(In the words of Jack Benny, "I'm Thinking1")
Hit the road, Jack, I beat ya. > K > Y < YABOKII- as in shake your bootie
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KABUKU - A traditional dance with nine people moving on a square stage, but with no two of them ever in the same row or column
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honcho
PRONUNCIATION: (HAWN-choh)
MEANING:
noun: One who is in charge of a situation; leader; boss.
verb tr.: To organize, manage, or lead a project, event, etc.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Japanese hancho, from han (squad) + cho (chief). Earliest documented use: 1947.
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HUNCHO - a community organizer who thinks with his hunches and all his hunches are bad.
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LUNCHO A community organizer who thinks with his
hunches but makes sure they are always
at a diner/eatery at Lunch Time.
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LUNCHO A community organizer who thinks with his
hunches but makes sure they are always
at a diner/eatery at Lunch Time. Good thinking, Luke. With wit comes truth.
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HONCHOO
1. The Boss's sneeze, and the Cockney's response, as in "Honchoo gunna say "Gesundheit, Boss?"
3. A poor transliteration of the name of the largest island of Japan
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SKOSH
PRONUNCIATION: (skoash)
MEANING: noun: A small amount; a little bit.
ETYMOLOGY: From Japanese sukoshi (a little). Earliest documented use: 1955.
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ASKOSH, pronounced ASS-cosh --
what I call my cravat after a few too many SKOSCHes
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SKOSHA - South Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency
________ i.e. ten thousand American men and missiles on duty watch at ____________ the North Korean border
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KAMIKAZE
PRONUNCIATION:
(kah-mi-KAH-zee)
MEANING:
noun: Someone who behaves in a reckless, self-destructive manner.
adjective: Extremely reckless, potentially self-destructive.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Japanese kamikaze (divine wind), from kami (god, divinity) + kaze (wind). Earliest documented use: 1896.
NOTES:
In Japanese folklore, kamikaze was the divine wind that destroyed a Mongol invasion fleet under Kublai Khan. In World War II, the kamikaze were suicidal attacks by Japanese pilots who crashed their planes on an enemy target such as a ship.
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KAMRIKAZE - what we used to use to protect our Kodak Kameras against dropping, raining, and other hazards
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KAMIKATE- a famous female WWII Japanese pilot who crashed her airplanes into American aircraft carriers.*
* Correction: our records now show that there was only one plane, one carrier, and one Kate
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TYCOON
PRONUNCIATION: (ty-KOON)
MEANING: noun: A wealthy and powerful person, especially in business or politics.
ETYMOLOGY: From Japanese taikun (great lord or prince), from Chinese ta (great) + kiun (prince). Earliest documented use: 1857.
NOTES: The word was used as a title for the shogun of Japan. Abraham Lincoln's aides used the word as an affectionate nickname for him. Later the word came to be applied to powerful people in business.
USAGE: "Believe it or not, you can buy a $6,000 shower curtain for your home. But why would you? Former Tyco International tycoon Dennis Kozlowski did. He also spent $2,200 on a wastebasket, nearly $3,000 on coat hangers and nearly $6,000 on sheets. ... 'The prices are not out of line, but they're off the scale when it comes to priorities,' says Bilhuber, whose client list includes ex-AOL Time Warner honcho Robert Pittman, Michael Douglas, David Bowie and his model wife, Iman, and designer Hubert Givenchy."
-- Maria Puente;s Tchotchkes of the Rich and Infamous; USA Today; Sep 27, 2002.
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TOYCOON -- an animated Davey Crockett hat from the 1950s
TRYCOON -- hopeful owner of a new startup company, with visions of being the next Steve Jobs
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TYCON - as in Bernard Madoff
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TYFOON – a rich, powerful, ridiculous blowhard
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Let me guess...Oh my, there are so many and I know so few.
Uh...
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FACTOTUM
PRONUNCIATION:
(fak-TOH-tuhm)
MEANING:
noun: A servant or a low-level employee tasked with many things.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin factotum, from facere (to do) + totus (all). Earliest documented use: 1573.
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1. a know-it-all
2. one who carries all the answers around
3. a Lorite (after Neal Stephenson)
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A low-level executive tasked with delivering termination notices in a corporate downsizing.
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ACTOTUM - a low level employee or servant who acts like he does all the work but does none.
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FACTATUM Fan Club for either Tatum ONeal, or Tatum Channing
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INTERLOCUTOR
PRONUNCIATION: in-tuhr-LOK-yuh-tuhr, -yoo
MEANING: noun: One who takes part in a conversation or dialogue, especially as a representative of an organization.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin inter- (between) + loqui (to speak). Earliest documented use: 1518.
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INTERNLOCUTOR - representative to the Student AMA
INTERLOCUTORY - Speaker in Parliament of a British political party
ENTERLOCUTOR - Hamlet comes on stage (maybe that should be "Picard-of-Borg" comes on stage?)
And - for real - wasn't Mr. Interlocutor the man in the middle of the Minstrel Show line, the one who did all the talking?
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