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INTEROCULTOR - a raspy voice inside all of us that whispers to us;
Not to worry the Devil is dead.
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INFERLOCUTOR News commentator giving their own opinion.
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CONFRERE
PRONUNCIATION: (KON-frayr)
MEANING: noun: Colleague; a fellow member of a profession, fraternity, etc.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin con- (with) + frater (brother). Other cousins of this word, derived from the same Indo-European root bhrater- (brother), are brother, pal, fraternal, and bully. Earliest documented use: 1425.
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CONFREE - Parole board
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CONIFRERE - a pine tree hugger
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PROTEGE
PRONUNCIATION: (PRO-tuh-zhay, pro-tuh-ZHAY)
MEANING: noun: One who is protected, guided, and supported by somebody older and more experienced.
ETYMOLOGY: From French protégé, past participle of protéger (to protect), from Latin protegere, from pro- + tegere (cover). Ultimately from Indo-European root (s)teg- (to cover), which is the ancestor of other words such as tile, thatch, protect, detect, and toga. Earliest documented use: 1786.
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PROTOGE - the primordial dust cloud that coalesced into the Earth
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PYROTEGE - any initiate who survives the test of fire
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PRONUNCIATION:
(FYOO-guhl-muhn)
MEANING:
noun: One who leads a group, company, or party
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FUGLEMEN -what Johnny Manziel will see tomorrow i.e.
a ///Crimson\\\ blurr converging from both flanks forcing him to run inside where 300lb linebackers wait who have been told that Johnny Football said something bad about their mothers.
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BUGLEMAN - Boogie-Woogie in Company B
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TRAGUS
PRONUNCIATION: (TRAY-guhs)
MEANING:
noun: The small fleshy projection at the front of the external ear, slightly extending over the opening of the ear.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek tragos (goat; hairy part of the ear), from the supposed resemblance of the tuft of hair at the opening of the ear to a goat's beard. The word is sometimes also applied to this hair growing in the ear. Earliest documented use: 1684.
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TARAGUS - a spiky vegetable raised on Scarlett O'Hara's farm, considered a a great delicacy if shielded from the sun so it won't turn green as it grows.
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TRANUS - euphemism for the planet Uranus
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TRALUS a small fence for vines to grow upon.
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CHIMERA
PRONUNCIATION: (ki-MEER-uh, ky-)
MEANING: noun:
1. A fanciful fabrication; illusion.
2. An organism having genetically different tissues.
ETYMOLOGY:
After Chimera, a fire-breathing female monster in Greek mythology who had a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail. From Greek khimaira (she-goat), ultimately from the Indo-European root ghei- (winter), which is the ancestor of words such as chimera (literally a female animal that is one winter, or one year old), hibernate, and the Himalayas, from Sanskrit him (snow) + alaya (abode). Earliest documented use: 1382.
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CHIMPERA - the Ape Age
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AEGIS
PRONUNCIATION:
(EE-jis)
MEANING:
noun: Protection, support, guidance, or sponsorship of a particular person or organization.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin aegis, from Greek aigis (goatskin), from aix (goat). Aigis was the name of the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena in Greek mythology. It was made of goatskin. Earliest documented use: 1704.
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ACEGIS - Fantastic Footsoldiers
ALEGIS - drunk footsldiers
AREGIS - the King is gone, and there is no successor to the throne
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PRONUNCIATION:(EE-jis)
MEANING:
noun: Protection, support, guidance, or sponsorship of a particular person or organization.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin aegis, from Greek aigis (goatskin), from aix (goat). Aigis was the name of the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena in Greek mythology. It was made of goatskin. Earliest documented use: 1704.
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AEGGS - "a" single egg with plural yolks "s"
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CHEVRON
PRONUNCIATION:
(SHEV-ruhn, -ron)
MEANING:
noun: A pattern in the shape of a V or an inverted V.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Old French chevron (rafter, from the resemblance of the pattern to the shape of two rafters on a roof), from Latin caper (goat). The goat connection is not clear. Earliest documented use: 1395.
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CLEVRON - the fundamental, irreducible unit of cleverness
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CHEVROD - the slowest rod on the drag strip
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CHEVROD 2. A 1,049-mile auto race from Anchorage to Nome.
CHEVLON A company that produces tools and supplies for auto body work.
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CHEVROD 2. A 1,049-mile auto race from Anchorage to Nome.
I'd bet on the dogs but find it amazing that a race a thousand miles long could begin and end in the same State. Wow!
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chagal
PRONUNCIATION: (CHAH-guhl)
MEANING:
noun: A bag, usually made of canvas or leather, used for carrying water.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Hindi chhagal, from Sanskrit chhagala (of a goat). Earliest documented use: 1909.
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CHANGAL - the Sanskirted girl who gave you change when you bought your goatskin of water.
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CHAGALE - half a dance, done in a windstorm
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SHIBBOLETH
PRONUNCIATION: (SHIB-uh-lith, -leth)
MEANING: noun:
1. The use of a word or pronunciation that distinguishes a group of people.
2. A slogan, belief, or custom that's now considered outmoded.
ETYMOLOGY: According to the Book of Judges in the Bible, the Gileadites used the Hebrew word shibboleth (ear of corn; stream) to identify the fleeing Ephraimites who couldn't pronounce the sh sound. 42,000 Ephraimites were slaughtered. Earliest documented use: 1382.
SHIBBOLESH - A failed Field Sobriety tesht -- oops, "test"
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Sober up, Ephraimite. Ephraimites taste best if sober before slaughtered. O to Q SHIBBQLETH
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HYPOCORISM
PRONUNCIATION:
(hy-POK-uh-riz-uhm, hi-)
MEANING:
noun
1. A pet name.
2. The practice of using pet names.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek hypokorisma (pet name), from hypo- (under) + kor- (child). Ultimately from Indo-European root ker- (to grow), which is also the source of other words such as increase, recruit, crew, crescent, cereal, concrete, crescendo, sincere, and Spanish crecer (to grow). Earliest documented use: 1850.
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HYPNOCORISM - externally-induced belief that you're all heart
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HYPOCOWISM - a male or female milkmaid
Etymology: [from Greek] hypo (under) cow (cow) ism (that which isem)
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polysemous
PRONUNCIATION: (POL-ee-see-muhs)
MEANING: adjective: Having multiple meanings.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin polysemus, from Greek polysemos, from poly- (many) + sema (sign). Earliest documented use: 1884.
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POLYSERMOUS :
1) a religious sermon with a self-contradicting message about heaven
2) a religious sermon with a self-contridicting message about hell
3) a religious sermon that does not pertain to religion
4) a long rambling non-religious sermon covering everything from aardvark to zymurgy
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POLYFEMUS - son of Poseidon and Thoosa. Had only one eye but saw many bones.
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LAPSUS LINGUAE
PRONUNCIATION:
(LAP-suhs LING-gwee, LAHP-soos LING-gwy)
MEANING:
noun: A slip of the tongue.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin lapsus linguae (slip of the tongue). Earliest documented use: 1668.
NOTES: Malapropisms and spoonerisms are two examples of lapsus linguae.
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LIPSUS LINGUAE - a fancy kiss
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RAPSUS LINGUAE - Snoop Dog's explanation to the FCC as to why he rapped the word motherfucker on National TV (slip of the tongue).
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PAREGMENON
PRONUNCIATION:
(puh-REG-muh-non)
MEANING: noun: The juxtaposition of words that have the same roots. Examples: sense and sensibility, a manly man, the texture of textile.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek paregmenon, from paragein (to bring side by side). Earliest documented use: 1577.
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PAREGGMENON --
Depending on how you parse it.
1. two guys fomenting a riot (pair-egg-men-on)
Less commonly:
2. Hey, you two guys, get off my back! (pair-egg-me-non)
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PAREGMEANON noun: The juxtaposition of two mean words that have the same mean roots. Example: mean and meaner, etc.
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PETARD
PRONUNCIATION:
(pe-TAHRD, pi-)
MEANING:
noun:
1. A small bomb used to blast down a gate or wall.
2. A loud firecracker.
ETYMOLOGY:
From French péter (to break wind), from Latin peditum (a breaking wind), from pedere (to break wind). Ultimately from the Indo-European root pezd- (to break wind) which also gave us feisty, fart, and French pet (fart). Earliest documented use: 1566.
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A petard was a bell-shaped bomb used to breach a door or a wall. Now that we have advanced to ICBMs, this low-tech word survives in the phrase "to hoist by one's own petard" meaning "to have one's scheme backfire". The idiom was popularized by Shakespeare in his play Hamlet. Hamlet, having turned the tables on those tasked with killing him, says:
For 'tis the sport to have the engineer
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PETYARD = a Chinese abbatoir
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SETYARD = a sunny half acre filled with rocking chairs
for residents to 'set a spell' and reminisce.
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PETCARD - a cardboard cutout getwell card of a cute fluffy dog who looks like your own dog when he was just a little puppy given to you as you lie on a less-than-hospitable bed in pain amongst an over-abundance of incompetent doctoring.
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PRONUNCIATION:(DRUTH-uhrz)
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noun: One's own way; preference.
ETYMOLOGY:
Plural of druther, contraction of d rather, as in "I/he/etc. would rather ..." Earliest documented use: 1895.
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DRATHERS - spoken/sung lyrics of Rex Harrison's opening song in the 1959 English version of the Broadway play "Li'l Abner".
If I had my drathers,
I'd drather have my drathers
Than work any wheres at all
It ain't that I hates it,
I often contemplates it
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DUDGEON
PRONUNCIATION:
(DUHJ-uhn)
MEANING:
noun: A feeling of anger, resentment, indignation, etc.
ETYMOLOGY:
Of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1380.
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DRUDGEON - a worker in a dull, boring, and repetitive job
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