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DOGBERRYPRONUNCIATION: (DOG-ber-ee, -buh-ree) MEANING: noun: A pompous, incompetent, self-important official. ETYMOLOGY: After Dogberry, a constable in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, in which he goes about his blundering ways while mouthing malapropisms. Earliest documented use: 1801. ------------------------------------- [Nothing at all like Dilbert's Dogbert...] DOGBURRY - covered with prickles, like the inspiration for Velcro
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COGBERRY - (1) a pompous, incompetent, self-important bureaucrat whose ineptness makes even the worse government programs worser. (2) a sebelius
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DOGMERRY - autodogmatic things that make a dog happy
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PORTIA
PRONUNCIATION: (POR-shuh, -shee-uh)
MEANING: noun: A female lawyer.
ETYMOLOGY: After Portia, the heroine of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Portia is a rich heiress who disguises herself as a lawyer to save Antonio's life. Earliest documented use: 1869.
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PORTICA - the women's entrance (cf. PORTICO)
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POORTIA - a portia who practices law pro bono
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PORTA - plural of PORTON, a dyslexic subatomic particle (compare "Phenomenon, phenomena)
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AORTIA – Shakespearean heroine who disguises herself as a heart surgeon.
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Timon
PRONUNCIATION: (TY-muhn) MEANING: noun: One who hates or distrusts humankind. ETYMOLOGY: After Timon, the misanthropic hero of Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens. Earliest documented use: 1598. USAGE: "My soul was swallowed up in bitterness and hate ... I saw nothing to do but live apart like a Timon." Upton Sinclair 1903. --------------------------------------------------
SIMON - yes that Simon. As in...
Simple Simon met Timon the Pieman going to the fair Said Simple Simon to Pieman Timon "May I taste your ware?" "Get lost kid" said the Timon "or I'll hit you with this chair."
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MI-M0N - third note of the Caribbean scale
TRIMON - See if these fit you
TIMOB - a lynching party
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