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SOI-DISANT
PRONUNCIATION: (swa-dee-ZAN)
MEANING: adjective: Self-styled; so-called.
ETYMOLOGY: From French soi-disant (self-styled, so-called) from soi (oneself) + disant (saying). Earliest documented use: 1752.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. -William Pitt, British prime minister (28 May 1759-1806)
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LAISSER-ALLER
PRONUNCIATION: (les-ay-ah-LAY)
MEANING: noun: Unrestrained freedom.
ETYMOLOGY: From French laisser-aller (to allow to go). Earliest documented use: 1842.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. -John F. Kennedy, 35th US president (29 May 1917-1963)
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BLAISSER-ALLER - Thank Goodness he's going
LAISSER-ALTER - take it to the tailor, it needs to be let out a little across the shoulders
LA KISSER-ALLER -
1. (French) Loves 'em and leaves 'em
2. (English) promiscuous
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SINECURE
PRONUNCIATION: (SY-ni-kyoor, SIN-i-)
MEANING: noun: A position in which one is paid for little or no work.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin beneficium sine cura (a church position not involving caring for the souls of the parishioners), from sine (without) + cura (care). Earliest documented use: 1662.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: War is merely the continuation of policy by other means. -Carl von Clausewitz, general and military theorist (1 Jun 1780-1831
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SEINECURÉ - the priest in Notre Dame cathedral
SHINECURE - fighting depression with high-gloss shoes
SINECURVE - ~
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PATHOGRAPHY
PRONUNCIATION: (puh-THOG-ruh-fee)
MEANING: noun: A biography that focuses on the negative.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek patho- (suffering, disease) + -graphy (writing). In the beginning, pathography was a description of a disease. Then the word came to be applied to the study of an individual or a community as relating to the influence of a disease. Now the term mostly refers to a biography focusing on the negative. Earliest documented use: 1848.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The business of the poet and the novelist is to show the sorriness underlying the grandest things and the grandeur underlying the sorriest things. -Thomas Hardy, novelist and poet (2 Jun 1840-1928)
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PATH-O-GRAPH® - A toy that draws mazes
PATIOGRAPHY - The Art of Terrazzo
PLATHOGRAPHY - Who Is Sylvia?
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PERFORMATIVE
PRONUNCIATION: (puhr-FOR-muh-tiv)
MEANING: adjective: Relating to a statement that functions as an action by the fact of its being uttered.
NOTES: Some examples of performative utterances are I promise, I apologize, I bet, I resign, etc. By saying I promise a person actually performs the act of promising.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French parfournir, from par (through) + fournir (to furnish). Earliest documented use: 1922.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: There is nothing more dangerous than a government of the many controlled by the few. -Lawrence Lessig, professor and political activist (b. 3 Jun 1961)
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APERFORMATIVE - monkey-shaped
PERFORATIVE - pointed
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STRIDULATE
PRONUNCIATION: (STRIJ-uh-layt)
MEANING: verb intr.: To make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing body parts together.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin stridere (to make a harsh sound). Earliest documented use: 1838.
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STRIDULANTE - to make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together a few chips as you throw them onto the poker table to start the next pot
STRIPULATE - what you may be told when you're tardy at the nudist camp
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MALA FIDE
PRONUNCIATION: (MAL-uh FY-dee)
MEANING: adverb, adjective: In bad faith.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin mala fide, from malus (bad) + fides (faith). Earliest documented use: 1561.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: I'm sometimes asked "Why do you spend so much of your time and money talking about kindness to animals when there is so much cruelty to men?" I answer: "I am working at the roots." -George T. Angell, reformer (5 Jun 1823-1909)
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MAILAF.I.D.E. - send a letter to the World Chess Federation
MALAFIDO - Bad dog!
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ANTIMACASSAR
PRONUNCIATION: (an-ti-muh-KAS-suhr)
MEANING: noun: A piece of covering placed over the back or arms of a seat to protect from hair oil, dirt, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From anti- (against) + Macassar oil (a hair oil), said to be made from ingredients from Macassar (now spelled as Makassar), a city in Indonesia. Earliest documented use: 1852.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The memory of most men is an abandoned cemetery where lie, unsung and unhonored, the dead whom they have ceased to cherish. -Marguerite Yourcenar, novelist (8 Jun 1903-1987)
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PODUNK
PRONUNCIATION: (POH-dungk)
MEANING: noun: A small, unimportant town.
ETYMOLOGY: Podunk is the name of a river and a native tribe in Connecticut. Over time the name came to be used for several small towns including a mythical small and insignificant town. Earliest documented use: 1657.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director. -Cole Porter, composer and songwriter (9 Jun 1893-1964)
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IODUNK - an antiseptic to dip your boo-boo in
PRODUNK - LeBron James at work
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POBUNK POLITICIANS whenever they open their mouths.
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CHARLATAN
PRONUNCIATION: (SHAHR-luh-tuhn)
MEANING: noun: One making false claim to having a certain expertise; a fraud or quack.
ETYMOLOGY: From French charlatan, from Italian ciarlatano, from cerretano (an inhabitant of Cerreto). Cerreto is a village in Umbria, Italy, once known for its quacks. Another etymology pins the origin of the term on the Italian ciarlare (to chatter), of imitative origin. Perhaps the word charlatan is a blend of the two, as charlatans are known for chattering. Earliest documented use: 1607.
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The ideal scientist thinks like a poet and only later works like a bookkeeper. -E.O. Wilson, biologist (b. 10 Jun 1929)
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CHARLOTAN - a brown spider who weaves words into her web
CHARLATIN - Virgil's cleaning lady
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SPANIEL
PRONUNCIATION: (SPAN-yuhl)
MEANING: noun:
1. A submissive or fawning person.
2. Any of several breeds of small to medium-sized dogs with long drooping ears and a silky coat.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French espaignol/espaigneul (Spanish dog), from Hispaniolus (Spanish), from Hispania (Spain). Earliest documented use: 1386.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, -- light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful. -John Constable, painter (11 Jun 1776-1837)
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JERUSALEM SYNDROME
PRONUNCIATION: (ji-ROOS-uh-luhm SIN-drohm)
MEANING: noun: A phenomenon in which a visitor to a holy place suffers from religious psychosis, such as believing him- or herself to be a messiah.
ETYMOLOGY: After Jerusalem, Israel, where the phenomenon was first described by the psychiatrist Heinz Herman. Earliest documented use: 1987.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: No one has ever become poor by giving. -Anne Frank, Holocaust diarist (12 Jun 1929-1945)
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PERUSALEM SYNDROME - the sense of knowledge, empowerment, and righteousness one gets from sufficiently assiduous study of the Holy Writ
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TENEBROUS
PRONUNCIATION: (TEN-uh-bruhs)
MEANING: adjective: Dark, gloomy, or obscure.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French tenebreus, from Latin tenebrosus (dark), from tenebrae (darkness). Earliest documented use: 1420.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter. -Euripides, playwright (c. 480-406 BCE)
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DENEBROUS - Something like a Star
ENEBROUS - drunk and vomiting (compare "inebrous")
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SWIDDEN
PRONUNCIATION: (SWID-n)
MEANING: noun: An area of land cleared for farming by slashing and burning the vegetation.
ETYMOLOGY: A variant of Northern English dialect swithen (to burn), from Old Norse svithna (to be singed). Earliest documented use: 1868.
USAGE:
“Some headed out to the charred earth of their swidden gardens to tend crops of manioc, bananas, and sweet potatoes.”
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The [Nobel] prize is such an extraordinary honor. It might seem unfair, however, to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years, asking the maize plant to solve specific problems and then watching its responses. -Barbara McClintock, scientist, Nobel laureate (16 Jun 1902-1992)
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SLIDDEN - past tense of "slide;" compare "hide."
USAGE: "The runner slidden to second base ahead of the throw, and the umpire called "Safe!"
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TURBID
PRONUNCIATION: (TUHR-bid)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Unclear; opaque.
2. Dark or dense, as smog or clouds.
3. Confused or muddled.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin turba (turmoil, crowd). Earliest documented use: 1626. Not to be confused with turgid.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right. -Igor Stravinsky, composer (17 Jun 1882-1971)
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SURBID - Eight spades !
TOURBID - Couldja drive me around town this afternoon and show me the sights for $500?
TURBED - Go away! It's seven in the morning. I said not to wake me up until eleven! Didn't you see the sign I hung on the doorknob?
[ "Do Not Disturb"]
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TURKID IQ and personality of the Thanksgiving delight.
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PROLEGOMENON
PRONUNCIATION: (pro-li-GOM-uh-non, -nuhn)
MEANING: noun: A critical, introductory discussion, especially an introduction to a text.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek prolegómenon, from prolegein (to say beforehand), from pro- (before) + legein (to say). Ultimately from the Indo-European root leg- (to collect, speak), which is also the source of other words such as lexicon, lesson, lecture, legible, legal, legend, select, alexia, cull, lection, ligneous, lignify, subintelligitur, and syllogistic. Earliest documented use: 1600.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian. -Paul McCartney, singer-songwriter, composer, poet, and activist (b. 18 Jun 1942)
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PRO-LEGO-MELON - in favor of cantaloupe made of many small brightly-colored interlocking plastic blocks
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FRUCTUOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (FRUHK-choo-uhs, FROOK-)
MEANING: adjective: Productive; fruitful; fertile.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin fructus (fruit), from frui (to enjoy). Earliest documented use: 1382.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -Blaise Pascal, philosopher and mathematician (19 Jun 1623-1662)
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FRICTUOUS - rough, scratchy
FRUSTUOUS - like a pedestal with a flat top and slanted sides
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PRECIPITOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (pri-SIP-i-tuhs)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Resembling a precipice, a cliff with a nearly vertical overhanging face.
2. Extremely steep.
3. Abrupt, rapid, or hasty (applied to a worsening situation).
ETYMOLOGY: From obsolete French précipiteux, from Latin praecipitare (to cast down headlong), from prae- (before) + caput (head). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kaput- (head), also the origin of head, captain, chef, chapter, cadet, cattle, chattel, achieve, biceps, mischief, occiput, recapitulate, and capitation. Earliest documented use: 1646.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Him that I love, I wish to be free -- even from me. -Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author and aviator (22 Jun 1906-2001)
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PRECIPITONS - what you use to help you climb a nearly vertical overhanging face
PRECIPITORUS - raining doughnuts
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OPPUGN
PRONUNCIATION: (uh-PYOON)
MEANING: verb tr.: To call in question; to contradict; to dispute.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin oppugnare (to fight or oppose), from ob- (against) + pugnare (to fight), from pugnus (fist). Ultimately from the Indo-European root peuk- (to prick) which is also the source of point, puncture, pungent, punctual, poignant, pounce, poniard, impugn, pugilist, and pugnacious. Earliest documented use: 1435.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
It's like, at the end, there's this surprise quiz: Am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth what I paid? -Richard Bach, writer (b. 23 Jun 1936)
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OMPUGN - a meditating Buddhist with a short fuse
OPPUGNU - the hybrid offspring of a small southeastern US marsupial and a wildebeest
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ENERVATE
PRONUNCIATION: (verb: EN-uhr-vayt, adj.: i-NUHR-vit)
MEANING: verb tr.: To deprive of strength or vitality.
adjective: Deprived of strength; Weakened.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin enervare (to weaken), from ex- (out) + nervus (sinew). Earliest documented use: 1603.
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Patriotism, n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit it is the first. -Ambrose Bierce, writer (24 Jun 1842-1914)
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ENERVOTE - the Big Oil lobby
ENERGATE - the Enron affair was a Federal conspiracy
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SPLENETIC
PRONUNCIATION: (spli-NET-ik)
MEANING: adjective: Bad-tempered; spiteful.
ETYMOLOGY: From spleen, from French esplen, from Latin splen, from Greek splen. Earliest documented use: 1398.
NOTES: In earlier times it was believed that four humors controlled human behavior and an imbalance resulted in disease. According to this thinking an excess of black bile secreted by the spleen resulted in melancholy or ill humor. Also, the spleen was considered to be the seat of emotions. To vent one's spleen was to vent one's anger.
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The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them. -George Orwell, writer (25 Jun 1903-1950)
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SPLENETHIC - unyielding grouchiness; the moral underpinning of current US politics
SELENETIC - moon-like
SPHENETIC - wedge-shaped
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EVISCERATE
PRONUNCIATION: (i-VIS-uh-rayt)
MEANING: verb intr.:
1. To remove the entrails; to disembowel.
2. To deprive of essential parts; to weaken or to destroy.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin eviscerare (to disembowel), from ex- (out) + viscera (internal organs), plural of Latin viscus (flesh, internal organ). Earliest documented use: 1607.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen, heard, understood, and touched by them. The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person. -Virginia Satir, psychotherapist and author (26 Jun 1916-1988)
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EVISCERANTE - That's my last chip; if I don't win this pot I'm flat broke
EVI'S CRATE - the used car Evi just bought
ELVISCERATE - Madame Tussaud's Waxworks has a new statue of The King, in his Graceland studio
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CONNATE
PRONUNCIATION: (KON-ayt, ko-NAYT)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Congenial.
2. Congenital.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin connasci (to be born with), from com- (with) nasci (to be born). Earliest documented use: 1641.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author and aviator (29 Jun 1900-1944)
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CONMATE - any utterance for the specific purpose of getting laid (see FOREPLOY)
(with acknowledgement to the Washington Post Style Invitational contest)
CONNANTE - sitting down to a poker table in Hartford CT
CONNAVE -
1. partner in crime
2. an adjacent set of pews, in which church dissidents sit apart from the affirmers
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SORB
PRONUNCIATION: (sorb)
MEANING: verb intr.:
1. To take up and hold by absorption.
2. To take up and hold by adsorption.
NOTES: So what’s the difference between absorption and adsorption, besides a turned-around letter b? Absorption is when a substance is completely assimilated by another while in adsorption the substance deposits on the surface of another.
ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from absorb, from Latin absorbere, from ab- (away) + sorbere (to suck). Earliest documented use: 1909.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Life is a jest, and all things show it, / I thought so once, and now I know it. -John Gay, poet and dramatist (30 Jun 1685-1732)
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SORR - a brief apology
SORY - a half-hearted apology
SORI - Cyclops with conjunctivitis
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RAMBLE
PRONUNCIATION: (RAM-buhl)
MEANING:
verb intr.: 1. To talk in an aimless manner.
verb intr.: 2. To walk in an aimless manner.
noun: A leisurely, sometimes lengthy walk.
ETYMOLOGY: Probably from Middle Dutch rammelen (to wander about in heat, used of animals). Earliest documented use: 1443.
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RAMABLE - like a bumper-car
RAMBLUE - the color of my new Dodge truck
RAMBYE - the St Louis football team has the week off
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FARDEL
PRONUNCIATION: (FAHR-dl)
MEANING: noun:
1. A bundle.
2. A burden.
ETYMOLOGY: -- From Old French fardel, diminutive of farde (package, burden), from Arabic farda (piece, pack). Earliest documented use: 1300.
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Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment. I knew that age well; I belonged to it, and labored with it. It deserved well of its country. It was very like the present, but without the experience of the present; and forty years of experience in government is worth a century of book-reading; and this they would say themselves, were they to rise from the dead. I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions. I think moderate imperfections had better be borne with; because, when once known, we accommodate ourselves to them, and find practical means of correcting their ill effects. But I know also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors. -Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US President (1743-1826)
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FARDEN -- a very distant herbarium with beautiful floral displays
FAIRDEL -- a little German horse
FARIEL -- a magical archangel
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MAUNDER
PRONUNCIATION: (MON-duhr)
MEANING: verb intr.:
1. To talk aimlessly.
2. To walk aimlessly.
ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1622.
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MASUNDER - split Massachusetts into two independent regions
MAUIDER - a beverage made from fermented Hawaiian fruit
MAPUNDER - diagram of the London subway system
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MEANDER a speed between 'mosey' and 'saunter'.
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Paunder- to think aimlessly.
(Kudos to my kiddo,David.)
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Kudos indeed. Good thinking, David.
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ACCIDENCE
PRONUNCIATION: (AK-si-dens)
MEANING: noun:
1. The fundamentals of any subject.
2. The branch of grammar dealing with inflections of words.
3. A book of fundamentals of a subject.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin accidentia (from Latin accidens), from accidere (to happen), from ad- (toward) + cadere (to fall). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kad- (to fall), which is also the source of cadence, cascade, casualty, cadaver, chance, chute, accident, occident, decay, recidivism, perchance, casuistry. Earliest documented use: 1434.
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OCCIDENCE - fundamentals of Western thought
ACCEDENCE - capitulation (pron.. ak-SEED-ence)
ACCIDENCH - Judi the Woodcutter
ACCIDUNCE - 1. unintended stupidity; 2. the latest Darwin Award winner
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Accident: (acc-I-dent)
Menopause Meaning: "Face it, girls, I'm older and I have more insurance."
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Perfect, May, like the scene in "Fried Green Tomatoes"! Got to love it.
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Wofahulicodoc- with a big ol' grin, David said, "Cool, cool."  Luke- I've seen the movie many times and always enjoy it. The book is on my list of should reads.
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One of my all time favorites as well, so much in it, so many
terrific scenes. Kathy Bates sets the table, hubby comes home
picks up chick and goes to watch he game: so stereotypical.
Et. al.
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LIVELONG
PRONUNCIATION: (LIV-long)
MEANING: adjective: Whole or entire (referring to time).
ETYMOLOGY: From Old English leof (dear, used as an intensifier) + lang (long). Ultimately from the Indo-European root gleubh- (to tear apart), which is also the source of cleve, glyph, clever, clove (garlic), cleave, dermatoglyphics, lief, and lubricious. Earliest documented use: 1450.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. -Robert A. Heinlein, science-fiction author (7 Jul 1907-1988)
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LIVELONE - hermit
DIVELONG - why SCUBA was invented
LIVEBONG - the hash is good here
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BESPOKE
PRONUNCIATION: (bi-SPOHK)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Custom-made.
2. Relating to custom-made products.
ETYMOLOGY: Shortening of bespoken, past participle of bespeak (to speak for, to arrange), from Old English besprecan (to speak about). Earliest documented use: 1755.
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BESTPOKE - any of several zingers by Larry or Curly or Moe
BESPORE - to dust with fern seeds
BESPOK - 1. to overwhelm with logic; 2. to bestow the Leonard Nimoy Award
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