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LION'S SHARE
PRONUNCIATION: (LY-uhnz shair)
MEANING: noun: The largest part of something.
ETYMOLOGY: From the Aesop's fable in which the lion claimed all of the spoils instead of sharing with other animals who took part in the hunt. Earliest documented use: 1790.
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LION'S SHARP - claws
ILION'S SHARE - the spoils of the Trojan war
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OPTICS
PRONUNCIATION: (OP-tiks)
MEANING: noun:
1. The study of light, vision, etc.
2. The way a situation or action is perceived by the public.
ETYMOLOGY: From French optique, from Latin opticus, from Greek optikos, from ops (eye). Earliest documented use: 1579; for sense 2: 1973.
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COPTICS - the policeman has twitches
OPTIES - Trompe l'Oeil cravats
IOPTICS - what your smartphone uses to take pictures
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EPICENTER
PRONUNCIATION: (EP-i-sen-tuhr)
MEANING: noun:
1. The point on the earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
2. The center or focal point of an activity or event, especially something unpleasant.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin epicentrum, from Greek epikentros, from epi- (upon) + kentron (needle, pivot point for drawing a circle). Earliest documented use: 1887.
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EPICINTER - they buried the last copy of The Ten Comandments (starring Yul Brynner and Charlton Heston)
ERICENTER - Mr Idle comes onstage
SPICENTER - where to satisfy all your condiment needs
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QUANTUM
PRONUNCIATION (KWAHN-tuhm)
MEANING: noun:
1. A quantity or amount.
2. A portion.
3. A large amount.
4. The smallest amount of something that can exist independently.
adjective:
1. Large.
2. Relating to the quantum theory.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin quantus (how much or how great). In physics, a quantum jump or quantum leap is usually a small change, while in popular usage the term is used to mean a significant change. Earliest documented use: 1567.
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QUANTUS - the Australian airline, which speciaizes in carrying passengers who are afraid of flying (the airline's motto is Quantus Tremor est Futuris ("There Will Be Much Fear and Trembling")
QUALTUM - the description or characteristics of something, down to the teeniest detail possible
QUINTUM - the fifth part of something
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QUAINTUM - Fundamental amount of old-fashioned attractiveness. The five-quaintum restaurant has all the charm of Grandma's kitchen.
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THEORY
PRONUNCIATION: (THEE-uh-ree, THEER-ee)
MEANING: noun:
1. A set of propositions used to explain some aspect of the natural world, one that has been repeatedly tested and confirmed and widely accepted. For example, Einstein’s theory of relativity or Darwin’s Theory of Evolution.
2. The body of principles belonging to a field. For example, music theory.
3. A speculation.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin theoria, from Greek theoria (contemplation), from theoros (spectator), from theorein (to consider, look at), which also gave us theorem and theater. Earliest documented use: 1597.
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THEERY - belief that it's all about you (compare OTHERY, the belief that it's all about them)
SHEORY - after I've consumed enough of it, my speech impediment doesn't bother me so much
THE WORY - concern that some new observation may show your favorite hypothesis to be incomplete, or (worse yet) wrong
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THEORO - A set of propositions used to explain some aspect of Walden Pond.
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THEORO - A set of propositions used to explain some aspect of Walden Pond. 2. The goal of the Spanish colonization of the New World
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ENTROPY
PRONUNCIATION: (EN-truh-pee)
MEANING: noun:
1. A measure of the disorder in a system.
2. The natural tendency of things to decline into disorder.
3. Disorder, randomness, or chaos.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek en- (in) + trope (transformation). Ultimately from the Indo-European root trep- (to turn), which also gave us troubadour, tropic, contrive, and tropism. Earliest documented use: 1868.
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TENTROPY - too many dang lines holding down the teepee
ENGROPY - tending to scratch oneself in public
ZENTROPY - the ultimate prize for world-class nirvana
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PREBUTTAL
PRONUNCIATION: (pri-BUH-tl)
MEANING: noun: An argument in anticipation of a criticism; a preemptive rebuttal.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of pre- + rebuttal, from rebut (to refute), from Old French rebouter (to push back), from boute (to push). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhau- (to strike), which also gave us refute, beat, button, halibut, and buttress. Earliest documented use: 1996.
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PREPUTTAL - the routine of estimating the slope, testing the wind, kneeling, analyzing the grass, picking out the pebbles, standing up again, lining up the stroke, shushing the crowd, all before poking a piece of gutta-percha into a hole in the ground
PREBUTAL - the new barbiturate headache preventer
PUREBUTTAL - nothing but B------t
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PREBUNTAL: descriptive of the preparatory moves and stance prior to hitting a baseball an unexpectedly short distance.
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CAPTCHA
PRONUNCIATION: (KAP-chuh)
MEANING: noun: A test used to make sure that a human is using a system, not a computer program. The test typically involves reading distorted text.
ETYMOLOGY: An acronym of Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. The Turing test is named after Alan Turing, a mathematician and computer scientist, who proposed that a computer could be considered intelligent if, while interacting with a human and a computer, someone could not tell which is which. A captcha is a kind of reverse Turing test. Earliest documented use: 2001.
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CAPTCHAT - a web-based Bulletin-Board for high-ranking naval officers
CAPECHA - a hybrid Flamenco/Caribbean dance
CAPTCHAI - a very small amount of Russian tea with milk and sugar and spices (or, depending on usage, the the maximum allowed amount)
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CROWDSOURCE
PRONUNCIATION: (KROUD-sohrs)
MEANING: verb tr.: To enlist the services of a large number of people outside the company, for little or no pay, to accomplish a task.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of crowd + outsource. Earliest documented use: 2006.
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CROWSOURCE - Why, crow's eggs, of course !
CROWEDSOURCE - Sunrise [Same joke. Funny-once. Sorry.]
CROWDSCOURSE
1. The mob went thataway
2. Public links
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GOOGLE
PRONUNCIATION: (GOOG-uhl)
MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To search for information online using a search engine, especially Google.
ETYMOLOGY: From the search engine Google. Earliest documented use: 1998.
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GORGLE - a small chasm
GROGLE - a wee drop o' rum for your thirsty Able-Bodied Seaman
GOOGIE - ...but GOOGIE love, GOOGIE woo, GOOGIE GOOGIE GOOGIE coo, Has anybody seen my girl?
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POOGLE: A curly-coated dog that can find ANYTHING.
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GURGLE - to use Listerine or Scope
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ANTHROPOCENE
PRONUNCIATION: (AN-thruh-puh-seen)
MEANING: noun: The geological period marked by a significant human impact on climate and the environment.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek anthropo- (human) + -cene (denoting a geological period), from Greek kainos (new). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ken (fresh, new, or young) which also gave us recent and Sanskrit kanya (young girl). Earliest documented use: 2000.
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ANTHROPOGENE - that bit of DNA that makes a human human
ARTHROPOCENE - the Age of Insects, post-apocalypse
ANTIROPOCENE - We don't want to see the likes of you hanging around here, or, No noose is good noose
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BILDUNGSROMAN
PRONUNCIATION: (BIL-doongz-roh-mahn, -doongks-)
MEANING: noun: A novel concerned with the maturing of someone from childhood to adulthood.
Example: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
ETYMOLOGY: From German, from Bildung (education, formation) + Roman (novel), from French roman (novel). Earliest documented use: 1910.
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BUILDUNGSROMAN - Handbuch of Classical Architecture
BILDUNGSROMANY - Go West, young Gypsy, and grow up with your country
BIDDUNGSROMAN - Use the Italian System to Reach Your Best Contract and Play Championship Bridge !
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MILDUNGSROMAN: The biography of an Italian fungus.
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LONGUEUR
PRONUNCIATION: (long-GUHR)
MEANING: noun: A long and dull passage in a work of literature.
ETYMOLOGY: From French longueur (length), from Latin longus (long). Ultimately from the Indo-European root del- (long), which also gave us lounge, lunge, linger, longitude, long, belong, and along. Earliest documented use: 1791.
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LONGUEUE - World's Longest Pigtail
TONGUEUR - an adept trumpet-player (Honi soit qui mal y pense)
LONQUEUR - a very tall glass of cognac
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BONGUEUR: The person who supplies, owns, or starts the water pipe.
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BONGUEUR: The person who supplies, owns, or starts the water pipe. Good to know; I had thought it might be a poorly-enunciated French greeting.
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(also called, "Becasue the author said so, that's why...")
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PERIPETIA or PERIPETEIA
PRONUNCIATION: (per-uh-puh-TEE-uh, -TIE-uh)
MEANING: noun: A sudden or unexpected change of fortune, especially in a literary work. A classic example is Oedipus learning about his parentage.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek peripiptein (to change suddenly), from peri- (near, around) + piptein (to fall). Ultimately from the Indo-European root pet- (to rush or fly), which also gave us feather, petition, compete, perpetual, pterodactyl, helicopter, pterodactyl, propitious, pinnate, pteridology (study of ferns), lepidopterology (study of butterflies and moths), pencel (flag at the end of a lance), and impetuous. Earliest documented use: 1591.
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PERIPETELA - around the kneecap
HERIPETIA - whatever you say, he'll say it again right afterwards
EERIPETIA - the Hound of the Baskervilles, right!
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LOCUS CLASSICUSPRONUNCIATION: (LO-kuhs KLAS-i-kuhs) MEANING: noun: An authoritative and often quoted passage from a book. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin locus (place) + classicus (classical, belonging to the first or highest class). Earliest documented use: 1853. ________________________________ FOCUS CLASSICUS - see biconvex lens LOCUS GLASSICUS - Murano, Venice, Italy LOCUST CLASSICUS - grasshopper (common or garden variety...in the presence of population pressure)
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LOCUS CLASTICUS – The old prison yard.
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I would have thought SCLASTICUS would be the schoolyard ?
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Breakin' rocks in the hot sun;
I fought the law and the law won.
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Ah. LOCUS CLASHICUS.
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LITTERATEUR
PRONUNCIATION: (lit-uhr-uh-TUR, lit-ruh-)
MEANING: noun: An author of literary or critical works.
ETYMOLOGY: From French littérateur, from Latin litterator (teacher of letters, grammarian, critic), from litterae (letters, literature), from littera (letter). Earliest documented use: 1806.
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LITTERATOUR - See the junkyards of the world!
LITTERANTEUR - Templeton, the rat from Charlotte's Web for whom "a Fair is a veritable smorgasbord." Portmanteau word, from "litter" and "restauranteur."
LISTERATEUR - shared a combined Nobel Prize in Medicine for their work on germ theory and antisepsis. (Or would have, if there had been a Nobel Prize when they were active)
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Strange how many of this week's words are of European origin. English for all its richness is not yet the language of the Arts...
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APRICATE
PRONUNCIATION: (AP-ri-kayt)
MEANING:
verb intr.: To bask in the sun.
verb tr.: To expose to the sun.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin apricari (to bask in the sun). Earliest documented use: 1691. Despite a similar spelling, the word apricot has a different origin. It’s from Latin praecox (early-ripening).
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CAPRICATE - to turn into a goat
AGRICATE - to combine a whole bunch of little worthless swamps into one large farm
APRILATE - May
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ASCESIS
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-SEES-is)
MEANING: noun: The practice of severe self-discipline or self-control. Also spelled as askesis.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek askesis (exercise or training), from askein (to exercise or work). Earliest documented use: 1873.
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ASCESS - availability for the orthographically challenged
ASCRESIS - 1. needs ironing; 2. how rich is he?
ASCENSIS - the population is going up
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SENARY
PRONUNCIATION: (SEN-uh-ree)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Relating to the number six.
2. Having sixth rank.
3. Having six parts or things.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin senarius (consisting of six). Ultimately from the Indo-European root s(w)eks (six), which also gave us semester, siesta, and Sistine (named after Pope Sixtus IV). Earliest documented use: 1661
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SENARMY - Who are all those guys marching this way with swords and armor?
SENALY - what you'll need at your side to help you fight them off
SEA NARY - where and when you'll find me in my fresh-water boat
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ARENICOLOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (ar-uh-NIK-uh-luhs)
MEANING: adjective: Living, growing, or burrowing in sand.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin harena/arena (sand) + colere (to inhabit). Earliest documented use: 1851.
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ARENICOLONS - the lower intestines of people who ingest too much sand
DARENICOLOUS - to defy Santa Claus
ARSENICOLOUS - having eaten small doses of poison often enough to become tolerant of it
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PREGUSTATOR
PRONUNCIATION: (pri-guh-STAY-tuhr)
MEANING: noun: A person whose job is to taste food or drink before it’s served.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin pre- (before) + gustare (to taste). Ultimately from the Indo-European root geus- (to taste or choose), which also gave us choice, choose, gusto, ragout, and disgust. Earliest documented use: 1670.
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PREGUSTAMOR - Love At Sea, until the wind hits
PREGUESTATOR - the one who cleans the house before the party starts
PYREGUSTATOR - person who arranges the fiery public celebration of a death
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PREBUSTATOR – The spud one eats just before leaving for school.
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Good. I would have come up with "plastic surgeon's assessment prior to augmentation mammoplasty" or something; yours is more complete..
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You just have to get out more. 
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ULTRACREPIDARIAN
PRONUNCIATION: (uhl-truh-krep-i-DAYR-ee-uhn)
MEANING: adjective: Giving opinions beyond one’s area of expertise.
noun: One who gives opinions beyond one’s area of expertise.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin ultra (beyond) + crepidarius (shoemaker), from crepida (sandal). Earliest documented use: 1819.
NOTES: The story goes that in ancient Greece there was a renowned painter named Apelles who used to display his paintings and hide behind them to listen to the comments. Once a cobbler pointed out that the sole of the shoe was not painted correctly. Apelles fixed it and encouraged by this the cobbler began offering comments about other parts of the painting. At this point the painter cut him off with “Ne sutor ultra crepidam” meaning “Shoemaker, not above the sandal” or one should stick to one’s area of expertise.
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ULTRACREPITARIAN - old and crinkly
YULTRACREPIDARIAN - the shoes worn by the King of Siam
ULTRACREEPIDARIAN - New York City rush-hour traffic
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And why, if I may be so bold, is the Greek painter of the story speaking to the Greek cobbler in Latin?
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MYTHOMANE
PRONUNCIATION: (MITH-uh-mayn)
MEANING:
noun: One having a tendency to exaggerate or lie.
adjective: Having a tendency to exaggerate or lie.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek mythos (myth) + -mania (excessive enthusiasm or craze). Earliest documented use: 1954.
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[Why do I keep trying to pronounce that " mith-OM-in-ee" ?? ]
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MYTHOMiNE - a lisper's love song to his girlfriend
MYTHOMAINE - any of several Tall Stories about a stereotypical taciturn, sardonic, dry-humored inhabitant of the North-Eeasternmost U.S. state. Typical of the genre is
-- Texan, tryng to impress visiting Maine resident: My ranch is...well, let's just say I can get in my truck and drive all day, and all night, and all the next day, and still be on my own land.
-- Our Hero: Ayup. I used to have a truck like that, too.
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MYTHOMALE - 1. Mine's bigger. 2. I'm smarter than she is.
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