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CHARON
PRONUNCIATION: (KER-uhn)
MEANING: noun: A ferryman.
ETYMOLOGY: After Charon, the old man who transported the souls of the dead across the rivers Styx and Acheron to Hades. In some cultures a coin was put in the mouth of the dead to pay for the ferry ride. Also see psychopomp. Earliest documented use: 1522.
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CHORON - the fundamental particle of group singing
ICHARON - the Headless Weasley
CHAROL - a Christmas tune sung by the cleaning lady
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PSYCHOPOMP - the high-falutin' jargon of the counseling industry, akin to PSYCHOBABBLE
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MULLION
PRONUNCIATION: (MUHL-yuhn)
MEANING: noun: A vertical piece of stone, wood, metal, etc., dividing a window or other opening.
ETYMOLOGY: From transposition of sounds of Middle English moniel, from Anglo-Norman moynel, from Latin medius (middle). Ultimately from the Indo-European root medhyo- (middle), which is also the source of middle, mean, medium, medal (originally a coin worth a halfpenny), mezzanine, mediocre, Mediterranean, moiety, and Hindi madhya (middle). Earliest documented use: 1556.
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1. the main switch on a multi-switch light board that sends power to all the circuits simultaneously
2. descrbing a Japanese honored with many, many obligations
MULLIGON - a closed geometric figure with mulli sides
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SPRATTLE
PRONUNCIATION: (SPRAT-l)
MEANING:
noun: A scramble or struggle.
verb intr.: To scramble or struggle.
ETYMOLOGY: From Scottish sprattle, from switching of sounds in spartle (to scatter). Earliest documented use: 1500
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SPRATTLEE -
1) a mist descending upon the former Prime Minister
2) on the sheltered side of the little fish
SPATTLE - a small tiff
SOPRATTLE - a singer with a frog in her throat
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BRUMMAGEMPRONUNCIATION: (BRUM-uh-juhm) MEANING: adjective: Cheap and showy. noun: Something that is counterfeit or of inferior quality. ETYMOLOGY: After Brummagem, a dialectal alteration of Birmingham, UK, where counterfeit coins were produced in the 17th century. Brummie is a nickname for someone from Birmingham. Earliest documented use: 1637. ___________________________________ BUMMAGEM - What I was when, with no money, no home, no friends, I had to hit the road agaim Speaking of sights along the road - That Shaving Cream / We Used To Sell / It's Modern Now / Called BRUMMAGEL!
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BRUMMAGEL-hair mousse
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PERNANCY
PRONUNCIATION: (PUHR-nuhn-see)
MEANING: noun: A taking or receiving of rent, profit, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Anglo-French pernance, by switching of sounds of prenance (taking), from prendre, from Latin prehendere (to seize). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ghend-/ghed- (to seize or to take), which is also the source of pry, prey, spree, reprise, surprise, osprey, prison, reprehend, impregnable, impresa, and prise. Earliest documented use: 1626.
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PERGNANCY - garvidity
PERRNANCY - the quality that makes one a Spanish dog
PERINANCY - Sluggo and Aunt Fritzi Ritz and those guys
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GIRN
PRONUNCIATION: (gurn)
MEANING:
verb intr.: To snarl, grimace, or complain.
noun: A grimace or snarl.
ETYMOLOGY: By transposition of the word grin, from Old English grennian (to show teeth). Earliest documented use: 1440.
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ANTIMETABOLE
PRONUNCIATION: (AN-ti-muh-TAB-uh-lee)
MEANING: noun: A repetition of words or an idea in a reverse order.
Example: "To fail to plan is to plan to fail."
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek antimetabole, from anti- (opposite) + metabole (change), from meta- (after, along) + bole (a throw). Earliest documented use: 1589.
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ANTIMETABLE - what the grammatically-challenged child might use to learn multiplication
ANATIMETABOLE - that new Medical School course where you learn not just the parts of the body and their relationships but also their biochemical pathways
ANDIMETABOLE - what else happened after I was screaming down the road on my motorcycle, and lost control, and ran into a tree
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ZEUGMA
PRONUNCIATION: (ZOOG-muh)
MEANING: noun: The use of a word to refer to two or more words, especially in different senses. Examples: "He caught a fish and a cold" or "She lost her ring and her temper."
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin zeugma, from Greek zeugma (a joining). Ultimately from the Indo-European root yeug- (to join), which is also the ancestor of junction, yoke, yoga, adjust, juxtapose, junta, junto, syzygy, jugular, and rejoinder. Earliest documented use: 1589.
NOTES: There's a similar term, syllepsis, but the two are more or less synonymous now. You could say zeugma is joined with syllepsis. Or the distinction between zeugma and syllepsis has lapsed now.
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[I would have pronounced it "TSOYG-ma"]
Other (non-original) examples, 50 years old at least (Thanks, Paul!):
"Are you going to New York or by bus?"
"Is it cooler in October or at the seashore?"
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ZEUGOMA - a German cheekbone
ZEUSMA - Rhea
ZENGMA - the inflexible principle of Enlightenment
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SYNECDOCHE
PRONUNCIATION: (si-NEK-duh-kee)
MEANING: noun: A figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole or vice versa.
Examples: "head count" to refer to the count of people or "the police" to refer to a police officer
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin synekdoche, from Greek synekdokhe, from syn- (together) + ekdokhe (interpretation). Earliest documented use: 1397.
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SKYNECDOCHE - a small city in the Hudson River in New York State, just west of Albany; home to Union College
SYNECLOCHE - a special French churchbell that rings only on New Year's Eve
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EPANALEPSIS
PRONUNCIATION: (ep-uh-nuh-LEP-sis)
MEANING: noun: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is repeated after intervening text. Example: "The king is dead, long live the king!"
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek epanalepsis, from epi- (upon) + ana- (back) + lepsis (taking hold). Earliest documented use: 1584.
USAGE: "What's it called if a word that appears at the beginning of a sentence is repeated at its end? Epanalepsis. Think of Brutus's speech at the funeral of Julius Caesar (in Shakespeare's revision, of course): 'Hear me for my cause, and be silent that you may hear: Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe.'" -- Bryan A. Garner; For the Word Lovers; ABA Journal (Chicago); May 2013.
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IPANALEPSIS - toothpaste used at the beginning of the day and at the end
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HENDIADYS
PRONUNCIATION: (hen-DY-uh-dis)
MEANING: noun: A figure of speech in which two words joined by a conjunction are used to convey a single idea instead of using a word and its modifier.
Example: "pleasant and warm" instead of "pleasantly warm"
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin hendiadys, from Greek hen dia duoin (one by two). Earliest documented use: 1589.
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HEN DIARYS - what we used to call gossipers' blogs
HENDI ANDYS - Jack-of-All-Trades
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HENDADDYS - roosters in the night time street corner trade.
(with a tip of the hat to Trom's word)
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DRAGOMAN
PRONUNCIATION: (DRAG-uh-man)
MEANING: noun: An interpreter or guide.
ETYMOLOGY: From French dragoman, from Italian dragomanno, from Latin/Greek dragoumanos, from Arabic tarjuman, and Aramaic, from Akkadian targumanu (interpreter). Earliest documented use: 1300s. Akkadian is a now-extinct Semitic language once spoken in ancient Mesopotamia (now Iraq) and written in cuneiform. Earliest documented use: 14th century.
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DRANOMAN - It's SuperPlumber!
DRAGONMAN - how to describe a long, tedious translation (two pronunciations)
DRACOMAN - Crabbe or Goyle's informal address to young Master Malfoy
DRAWOMAN - what Leonardo did with Mona Lisa
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GOLGOTHA
PRONUNCIATION: (GOL-guh-thuh)
MEANING: noun:
1. A place or occasion of great suffering.
2. A burial place.
ETYMOLOGY: After Golgotha, the hill near Jerusalem believed to be the site of Jesus's crucifixion. From Latin, from Greek golgotha, from Aramaic gulgulta, from Hebrew gulgolet (skull). The hill was perhaps named from the resemblance of its shape to a skull. Earliest documented use: 1597.
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GOLGOTCHA - a cry of unexpected glee after a successful prank
GOLOTHA - rain-covering for one shoe, as described by a lisper
GOLGOTTA - the capital of West Bengal, and seventh-largest city in India (pop. about 4.5 million)
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EPANALENSIS: What the cinematographer does to capture entire vistas. ...indeed 'e does !
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MANDARIN
PRONUNCIATION: (MAN-duh-rin)
MEANING: noun:
1. A member of one of nine ranks of public officials in the Chinese Empire.
2. A powerful government official or bureaucrat.
3. A member of an elite group, especially one having influence in intellectual or literary circles.
4. Capitalized: the official language of China.
5. A citrus tree, Citrus reticulata, that is native to China.
adjective:
1. Of or relating to a mandarin.
2. Marked by refined or ornate language.
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MACDARIN - Bobby, Scottish singer of popular songs in the 50s and after, including one notable one about MacHeath, the Knfe
MANDATIN' - Goin' around givin' orders, often without providin' funds to comply
MANNARIN - often used to determine a divorce settlement, to keep the "spouse in the mannarin which she has been accustomed"
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JUBILEE
PRONUNCIATION: (JOO-buh-lee, -LEE)
MEANING: noun:
1. A special anniversary of an event, especially a 50th anniversary.
2. Rejoicing or celebration.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French jubile, from Latin jubilaeus, and Greek iobelaios, from Hebrew yobel (ram, ram's horn trumpet). Traditionally a jubilee year was announced by blowing a ram's horn. Earliest documented use: 1382.
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BUBILEE - champagne
QUBILEE - what comes after P and before R, William
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MATA HARI
PRONUNCIATION: (MA-tuh HAR-ee, MAT-uh HAR-ee)
MEANING: noun: A seductive woman who works as a spy.
ETYMOLOGY: After exotic dancer Mata Hari, a stage name of Margaretha Geertruida Zelle (1876-1917). She was a Dutch woman, who took a Malay name, allegedly spied for the Germans, and was executed by the French. Her stage name Mata Hari means sun, literally "eye of the day", from Malay mata (eye) + hari (day, dawn). Earliest documented use: 1936.
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MAMA HARI - the mother of all spies
MANA HARI - I'm late, I'm late,
For a very important date,
No time to say
Hello, Goodbye,
I'm late I'm late I'm late !
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TEGULAR
PRONUNCIATION: (TEG-yuh-luhr)
MEANING: adjective: Relating to, resembling, or arranged like tiles.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin tegula (tile), from tegere (to cover). Ultimately from the Indo-European root (s)teg- (to cover), which is also the source of thatch, deck, detect, tog, and protege. Earliest documented use: 1828.
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TEGULARK - this floor tiling pattern is for the birds!
STEGULAR - roofed with armor plate
TEQULAR - of or pertaining to a strong Mexican alcoholic beverage, distilled from blue Weber agave. Drinking too much of it will make you go blind. (...no "I"s)
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REFECTION
PRONUNCIATION: (ri-FEK-shuhn)
MEANING: noun:
1. Refreshment with food or drink.
2. A light meal.
3. The reingesting of fecal pellets, as practiced by rabbits.
ETYMOLOGY: Via French from Latin reficere (to renew or restore), from re- (back) + facere (to make). Earliest documented use: 1398.
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REFECTIO - Dumbledore causes a feast to spring forth on the tables at Hogwarts
REFICTION - publishing a Nero Wolfe mystery again but under a different name this time
REFECATION - Number Two, twice (be careful how you say this at your local racetrack betting window)
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RELECTION: What the incumment cannidate strives for.
Yeah, well, I have a fever today.
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FRUSTRANEOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (fruhs-TRAY-nee-uhs)
MEANING: adjective: Useless; unprofitable.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin frustra (in vain). Earliest documented use: 1643.
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FRUSTRANEOUS (the Identity transformation) - instant non-gratification
(alternatively FLUSTRANEOUS - throwing immediately into a tizzy)
FAUSTRANEOUS - having nothing at all to do with the man who bargained with the Devil
FRUITRANEOUS - our boxcars are full of apples and pears and oranges
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WONTED
PRONUNCIATION: (WON-tid)
MEANING: adjective: Usual; accustomed.
ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English woned, wont (accustomed), past participle of wonen (to be used to, dwell). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wen- (to desire or to strive for), which is also the source of wish, win, Venus, overweening, venerate, venison, and banyan, venial, and ween. Earliest documented use: 1408.
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WONTAD - take your job and shove it !
WONTEL - what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas
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AMBAGIOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (am-BAY-juhs)
MEANING: adjective: Roundabout; circuitous.
ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English ambages (equivocation), taken as a plural and the singular ambage coined from it. From Latin ambages, from ambi- (both, around) + agere (to drive). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ag- (to drive, draw, or move), which also gave us act, agent, agitate, litigate, synagogue, ambassador, agonistes, axiomatic, cogent, incogitant, exigent, exiguous, intransigent. Earliest documented use: 1656.
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AMEBAGIOUS - transmitted by a simple one-celled organism
SAMBAGIOUS - describing a South American dancer in the throes of ecstasy
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PRONUNCIATION: (guh-MYN-shaft)
MEANING: noun: Social relations based on personal ties, affection, kinship, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From German Gemeinschaft (community), from gemein (common) + -schaft (-ship). Earliest documented use: 1937.
NOTES: The counterpart of Gemeinschaft (community) is Gesellschaft (society), that is, social relation marked by impersonal ties, such as duty to society or to an organization.
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DEMEINSCHAFT - what sie bringen der Coal up to der Surface through
GEMINSCHAFT - twin axles
GEMEINSCHRAFFT - these are MY candies!
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STRAFE
PRONUNCIATION: (strayf)
MEANING:
verb tr.:
1. To attack with machine-gun fire or bombs from a low-flying aircraft.
2. To criticize severely.
noun:
1. An attack from a low-flying aircraft.
2. A severe criticism.
ETYMOLOGY: From the German slogan "Gott strafe England!" ([May] God punish England!) during WWI. From German strafen (to punish). Earliest documented use: 1915.
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STRIFE - precursor of strafe
TRAFE - impure; not permitted
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GLEICHSCHALTUNG
PRONUNCIATION: (GLYK-shalt-toong)
MEANING: noun: The forced standardization of political, economic, and cultural institutions, as in an authoritarian state.
ETYMOLOGY: From German gleichschalten (to bring into line), from gleich (same) + schalten (to switch, turn). The term was used by the Nazi regime for totalitarian control. Earliest documented use: 1933.
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GLEICHSCHALTING - put an end to this coerced uniformity !
GLEICHSCHALTUNA - a Collective with a deep-sea fishing boat
FLEICHSCHALTUNG - intercepted the meat delivery
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