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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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