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MARROWSKY
PRONUNCIATION: (MUH-rau-ski)
MEANING: noun: Spoonerism: The transposition of (usually) the initial sounds of words producing a humorous result. For example, “Runny Babbit” instead of “Bunny Rabbit”.
ETYMOLOGY: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the name of a Polish count who was prone to this phenomenon. Earliest documented use: 1863. ____________________________
MARROWSKA - Mrs Spooner
MARROWSKEY - what you use to enter The Marrows when they lock it
MORROWSKY - Sailors' Delight, if it's red
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VERMEIL
PRONUNCIATION: (VUHR-mil, -mayl)
MEANING: noun: 1. Vermilion color: bright orange-red. 2. Metal, such as silver, bronze, or copper that has been gilded. adjective: Bright red in color.
ETYMOLOGY: The word is coined after insects (of genus Kermes) that are used to make red dye. From Latin vermiculus (little worm, kermes), diminutive of vermis (worm). Ultimately from Indo-European root wer- (to turn or bend), which also gave us wring, weird, writhe, worth, revert, universe, conversazione, divers, malversation, prosaic, versal, verso, and wroth. Earliest documented use: 1400 ________________________________
VERMEIN - rat meat with Chinese vegetables and noodles
OVERMEIL - where many a seduction takes place
VERMEIR - a Dutch painter of interior scenes of middle-class life, who went on to become Prime Minister of Israel
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TEAL
PRONUNCIATION: (teel)
MEANING: noun: 1. Any of the various species of small dabbling ducks. 2. Greenish blue color. adjective: Of greenish blue color.
ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English tele. The color is named after the patches of this shade on the teal. Earliest documented use: 1314. __________________________
TERL - hard work in Brooklyn
TU-AL - second-person-singular-familiar pronoun in Southern France
TEAU - a digit on your boyfriend's foot
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PONCEAU
PRONUNCIATION: (pon-SO)
MEANING: noun: A bright red color. adjective: Of bright red color.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French pouncel (poppy), diminutive of paon (peacock), from Latin pavo (peacock). Peacocks are not red, so why this word after a peacock? The poppy flower got this name because its vivid red color was compared to the bright colors of a peacock. A related word is pavonine. Earliest documented use: 1774. ____________________________________
SPONCEAU - the company that pays the bill for your TV program ("...and now, a word from our SPONCEAU...")
PONTEAU - a bridge over troubled waters (French)
PONCHEAU - a Villa in Chihuahua Province of northern Mexico
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Might PONCHEAU have been the partner of CISCHEAU in the old Duncan Renaldo films?
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----please, draw me a sheep----
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Might PONCHEAU have been the partner of CISCHEAU in the old Duncan Renaldo films? That was PANCHEAU. ![wink wink](/board/images/graemlins/default/wink.gif) (As was Villa, BTW.) This PONCHEAU used to keep us dry when it rained at camp...
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Ponpeau- Quarles with Poe
Ponpeau- something fishy this way comes
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TAUPE
PRONUNCIATION: (toap, rhymes with rope)
MEANING: noun: A brownish gray, similar to the color of moleskin. adjective: Of a brownish gray color.
ETYMOLOGY: From French taupe (mole), from Latin talpa (mole). Earliest documented use: 1911. _______________________________
TAURE- 1. ripped; 2. short for a French bull
UTAUPE - a very laid-back ideal society
TWUPE - a theater company led by a yellow canary with a speech impediment
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SEPIA
PRONUNCIATION: (SEE-pee-uh)
MEANING: noun: 1. A reddish brown color. 2. A brown pigment originally made from the cuttlefish ink. 3. A drawing made with this pigment. 4. A monochrome photograph in this color. adjective: Of a reddish-brown color.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin sepia (cuttlefish), from Greek sepia (cuttlefish). Earliest documented use: 1569. _____________________________
SLEPIA - what the hypnotist tells you you are getting
SEMPIA - Marine Corps mascot. (Probably a dog, I think)
SE3PIA - a female multilingual droid
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