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crabjous- Russian drink

frabjoust- A marital game between two persons wielding words. The primary aim is to unnag your opponent.

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Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc

Q: What to binge drinkers go on?
A: Benders,natch!


“One should always be drunk. That’s all that matters…But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you choose. But get drunk.” – Charles Baudelaire

On a baking and Baudelaire bender lately. Just found these quotes at butter and brioche

“To handle a language skilfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery” – Charles Baudelaire.


Cheers, to all of you wordly wise wizards!

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crabjous- Russian drink

frabjoust- A marital game between two persons wielding words. The primary aim is to unnag your opponent.


lol, my husband sent me this! lololol


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TRUCULENT

PRONUNCIATION: (TRUK-yuh-luhnt)

MEANING: adjective: Eager to fight; destructive; cruel; savage.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin trux (savage). Earliest documented use: 1550.
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TRUCKULENT - thanks for letting me use your heavy hauler

STRUCULENT - I hit you last Easter

TRICULENT - having three anuses
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P.S. Is there a difference between truculent and pugnacious ?

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Truceulent- "just smile and wave, boys. Smile and wave."

"(Tyll tyred with battles, for to ceese the fraie)"

Functuous- a lubricated Trojan

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UNCTUOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (UNGK-choo-uhs)

MEANING: adjective: Displaying insincere earnestness or piousness; oily.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin unctum (ointment), from unguere (to anoint). Earliest documented use: 1387.
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UNTUOUS - For whom a child is born and a son is given (Isaiah 9:6, popularized in Handel's Messiah)

INCTUOUS - adopting a legal fiction to avoid responsibility

PUNCTUOUS - 1) on time; 2) deflating; 3) making bad play-on-words jokes; 4) a common feeling in response to individuals who must indulge in being 3) above


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UNCUOUS – Very much like your parent's brother.

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IRRESOLUTE

PRONUNCIATION: (i-REZ-uh-loot)

MEANING: adjective: Uncertain or indecisive.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin in- (not) + resoltus, past participle of resolvere (to resolve), from re- + solvere (to untie or loosen). Ultimately from the Indo-European root leu- (to loosen, divide), which is also the source for forlorn, lag, loss, solve, and analysis. Earliest documented use: 1574.
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EIRRESOLUTE - firmly committed to the Irish cause

SIRRESOLUTE - a little-known but dedicated Knight of the Round Table

IRRESALUTE - an insincere gesture of mocking respect


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Irresalute- a sincere gesture of good health and well-being (like namascray, but only when a German recognizes an Italian)

Erresolute- if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

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Erresolute- if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

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