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Punalua- an optimized path to a collection of the lowest form of humor
Pinalua- a Polynesian pignatta
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CONSTATIVE
PRONUNCIATION: (kuhn-STAY-tiv, KON-stuh-)
MEANING: noun: A statement that can be judged as true or false. adjective: Capable of being true or false.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin constare (to stand firm). Earliest documented use: 1901. This word is often contrasted with performative. _________________________________
CORNSTATIVE - pertaining to Iowa
CONESTATIVE - covered-wagonish
CONSTAFIVE - the number between four and six does not change
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Consnative-careful study of native terminology.
Context- To serve black drink to the natives.
Potential explanation- high tea, serving compost tea in the garden.
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ENTOPTIC
PRONUNCIATION: (en-TOP-tik)
MEANING: adjective: Relating to images that originate within the eye (as opposed to images resulting from the light entering the eye).
Example: floaters, the thread-like fragments that appear to float in front of the eye but are caused by the matter within the eye.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek ento- (within) + optic (relating to the eye or sight). Earliest documented use: 1876
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BENTOPTIC - a twisted microscope lens
ENTOPHIC - inside the gouty lump
ENSTOPTIC - how to get rid of your inner twitch
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Kodama? ♡ Studio Ghibli. Princess Mononoke!
Endtoptic- fervent forward focus
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LUNKHEAD
PRONUNCIATION: (LUNGK-hed)
MEANING: noun: A dull or slow-witted person.
ETYMOLOGY: From lunk (a blend of lump + hunk) + head. Earliest documented use: 1884. _____________________________
FLUNKHEAD - repeating sixth grade for the third time
LINKHEAD - Port-a-Potty on the golf course
Lazy quiet day Bullfrog jumps in the water Listen! A LUNKHEARD!
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CLAIRAUDUEBCE CLAIRAUDIENCE
PRONUNCIATION: (kler-AW-dee-uhns)
MEANING: noun: The supposed ability to hear what is inaudible.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of clairvoyance + audience (the act of hearing), from audire (to hear). Ultimately from the Indo-European root au- (to perceive), which also gave us audio, audit, obey, auditorium, anesthesia, aesthetic, and synesthesia. Earliest documented use: 1864.
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CLAVIRAUDIENCE - attendees at a Bach Recital
ECLAIRAUDIENCE - attendees at the dessert-chef competition
CLAIRAUDIFENCE - transparent barrier around a German car dealership
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AFFLUENTIAL
PRONUNCIATION: (a-floo-EN-shuhl)
MEANING: adjective: Having power and influence because of wealth. noun: Rich and powerful person.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of affluence + influential. Both words are from Latin fluere (to flow). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhleu- (to swell or overflow), from which flow words such as influence, fluctuate, fluent, fluid, fluoride, flush, flux, reflux, superfluous, fluvial, profluent, and affluenza. Earliest documented use: 1842. ______________________________________
AFLUENTIAL - without a chimney
LAFFLUENTIAL - manipulating with comedy
WAFFLUENTIAL - radiating uncertainty and indecision
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BANKSTER
PRONUNCIATION: (BANGK-stuhr)
MEANING: noun: A banker who engages in dishonest or illegal behavior.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of banker + gangster. From the derogatory suffix -ster which also gave us poetaster, mathematicaster, and philosophaster. Earliest documented use: 1893. ______________________________
BLANKSTER - Scrabble maven
BALKSTER - a singularly inept pitcher
BANKSITER - Feng Shui expert for the Bank of Nippon, who helps decide where new branches should be located
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SHEEPLE
PRONUNCIATION: (SHEE-puhl)
MEANING: noun: People who unquestioningly accept what’s said by a political leader, marketer, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of sheep + people. Earliest documented use: 1945 ___________________________
SKEEPLE - devotees of penny arcades
THEEPLE - the Amish
SHEMPLE - place to worship the Three Stooges
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