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edacity
PRONUNCIATION: (i-DAS-i-tee)
MEANING:
noun: Greediness; good appetite.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin edere (to eat). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ed- (to eat, to bite) that has given other words such as edible, comestible, obese, etch, fret, and postprandial. Earliest documented use: 1626.
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PEDACITY - the cheek of public teachers in forbidding little school kids to eat the food in their lunch pail dutifully prepared by their own mommies.
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KEDACITY the yearning for those great Keds we wore
everywhere as kids.
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EJACITY - don't even go there...
EXACITY -
1) the attitude people get when they move to the suburbs
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EPACITY - a city built by the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY that bans all humans and buildings regardless of race or creed or country of origin.
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Well, they are protecting the environment, aren't they? 
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I dunno, Wolfdoc. Ain't we environment too? 
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EDAMITY– Utter cheesiness.
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EXACITY -
2) Hiroshima, August 7, 1945
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Not to picknick, Trombone, but would not "utter cheesiness" be better worded as "EDATITY"? And Wofahaulic, what about poor Nagasaki? They were city too. 
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...what about poor Nagasaki? They were city too. Yes, but only until August 10. (And yes, I know my dates are the day after their tragedies...Necessary? maybe. But still tragedies.)
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EUCHREDPRONUNCIATION: (YOO-kuhr) MEANING: verb tr.: To cheat, trick, or outwit. noun: A card game for two to four players usually played with the 32 highest cards in the pack. ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the Alsatian game of Juckerspiel as the two top trumps are Jucker (jack). The verb sense of the word arises from the fact that the failure to win three tricks is known as being euchred and results in the opponent scoring two points. Earliest documented use: 1846. USAGE: "You got euchred. The company lied to you about its status and you foolishly bought its lie." -- Colin Barrett; A Harsh Lesson on Due Diligence; Journal of Commerce (New York); May 23, 2013. --------------------------------------- ESCHRED - Drawn as a caricature with confusing perspective (see here and here and here)
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EUCHBRED - born to be outwitted 
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EACHRED different shades of blushing.
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vole
PRONUNCIATION:(vohl)
MEANING:
noun: 1. Any of various rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera.
2. The winning of all the tricks in some card games.
verb intr.: 3. To risk everything in the hope of great rewards. Typically used in the phrase "go the vole".
4. To try every possibility.
ETYMOLOGY:
For 1: Short for volemouse, from Norwegian vollmus, from voll (field) + mus (mouse). Earliest documented use: 1805.
For 2-4: From French voler (to fly), from Latin volare (to fly), which also gave us volatile and volley. 1680.
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VOLED - to have tried all posibilities and yet remain envolved.
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VOLET An apprentice valet.
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VONE - an early German WWII bombardment rocket
VOBLE - nonsense speech without consonants; a portmanteau word made from "vowel" and "babble"
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VIOLE almost a full blooming violet
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This week's theme
Words derived from card games
This week's words
euchre
vole
house of cards
PRONUNCIATION (hous uv kardz)
MEANING:
noun: Something insecure or insubstantial that is subject to imminent collapse.
ETYMOLOGY:
Alluding to a flimsy structure made with playing cards. Earliest documented use: 1645.
USAGE:
"'We have to find a new balance,' the pope said. 'Otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards.'"
Michael Gerson; Francis the Troublemaker; The Washington Post; Sep 24, 2013.
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HOUSE OF HARDS- section of prison where dangerous hardcore criminals are housed i.e. those who spoke out against the stupidity of their government.
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HOUSE OF CADS - A men's club.
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A cads club? That too, tromboner. But the real reason I'm not on the PGA Tour is because of their rule of... NOUSE OF CARTS - And don't quibble. Three words,ergo, three letter changes are permitted.
You can look it up. 
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HOUSE OF CHARDS - trendy new salad bar
JJ, you win this one hands down !
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HOUSE OF CHARDS - trendy new salad bar
JJ, you win this one hands down !
Thanks Wofa. I am tired of being the MOUSE OF PARDS. And especially of being the LOUSE ON BARDS of this board. 
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spoof
PRONUNCIATION: (spoof)
MEANING:
noun: 1. A light, good-humored imitation; parody.
2. A hoax or a prank.
verb tr.: 1. To satirize gently.
2. To fool using a hoax or a prank.
ETYMOLOGY:
After Spoof, a card game invented by the comedian Arthur Roberts (1852-1933). Earliest documented use: 1884.
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SPOOR - the scent of a woman or the scent trail of a wild animal*.
*[ [please excuse the repetition] ]
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SPOTOF - any of several self-consciously upscale British beverages
usage: "Wouldn't you enjoy a Spotof tea about now?"
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I am a little confused....can I ask why?
I thought we could only change one letter.
Am I misinformed, or did I misunderstand.
Or did we change the 'roolz'?
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Are you thinking of the other thread, maybe?
-- In the Anagrams thread we change the most recent word by the "one letter add/subtract/change" Rool.
-- This "Mensopause" thread has us altering Anu's Word of the Day in that way, so your result and my result may end up different, but they start from the same raw material. Today's is "SPOOF". One change made SPOOF into SPOOR. A different change made SPOOF into SPOTOF.
And then occasionally we make a mistake, or flout the Roolz deliberately if it's too tempting to resist, or if we're desperate...Usually the outcome is an indulgent noticing, accompanied by a silent Ah, that's against the Roolz, and doing nothing, unless we're feeling Ho-ish like Winnie-the-Pooh (which is not uncommon), in which case we raise an objection.
Happens to the best of us, some more than others.
( s/ a not-so-infrequent offender, in both directions)
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RULE #87 - spoon, don't spook.
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trump card
PRONUNCIATION: (trump kard)
MEANING:
noun: 1. In card games, a suit chosen to rank above the others.
2. Something that gives an overriding, decisive advantage.
ETYMOLOGY:
An alteration of the word triumph, which was the name of an old card game. Earliest documented use: 1823.
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RUMP CARD - the card in the hole when playing Five Card Stud. An alteration of the alteration of the word "triumph".
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The mind is the effect, not the cause. -Daniel C. Dennett, philosopher (b. 1942)
ANOTHER THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The gun is the effect, not the cause. - J.J. sophist (b.19 something)
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TRUMP CARED - No he didn't. Just ask Ivana.
STRUMP CARD - good for one free visit to the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
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THUMP CARS - electric bumper cars that we drive around as greenies today like those we drove as kids simply to go "bump". [ Say WDOC, this thread is at 100 pages, do ya think we oughta start it anew for expediency? Maybeso we could also re-explain the roolz for the literal minded amongst us. ] 
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Done, and done. (Continued HERE)
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